The Hindu

How do animals get their skin patterns? An answer comes from physics

Patterns on animal skin, such as zebra stripes and poison frog colour patches, serve various biological functions, including temperature regulation, camouflage and warning signals. The colours making ...
The Conversation

How animals get their skin patterns is a matter of physics – new research clarifying how could improve medical diagnostics and synthetic materials

Ankur Gupta receives funding from NSF (CBET - 2238412) and ACS Petroleum Research Fund (65836 - DNI9). A thought experiment can help visualize the challenge of achieving distinctive color patterns.
The Conversation

Motion dazzle: spotting the patterns that help animals outsmart predators on the run

Laura Kelley receives funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013). Many animals use the colours and patterns on their ...
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How Animals Trick Predators With Colour, Patterns, And Shape

Nature’s full of illusionists, and they’re not all hiding in plain sight by accident. Across the animal kingdom, creatures have evolved remarkable ways to stay alive by blending in, standing out, or ...