The shape-shifting clouds of starling birds, the organization of neural networks or the structure of an anthill: nature is full of complex systems whose behaviors can be modeled using mathematical ...

From fearsome spikes to clever colouration, plant eating dinosaurs had a variety of features to keep them safe from larger and more ferocious predators. Now experts have reconstructed the colour ...

Many modern-day animals use camouflage, clever patterns of skin pigmentation, to hide from and evade predators in plain sight. About 120 million years ago during the early Cretaceous period, a small ...

Scientists have teamed up with a paleoartist to create what they say is the most accurate dinosaur reconstruction ever, complete with a pattern of colouration that is common in modern animals. A ...