However, computer simulations based on Turing’s idea created spots that were blurrier than those found in nature. In 2023, University of Colorado at Boulder chemical engineer Ankur Gupta and his ...

Nature creates incredible works of living art through its many different animal patterns, such as a leopard’s spots or a ...

How the leopard really got its spots has finally been explained. The new work builds on research conducted by British mathematician Alan Turing in the 1950s. The new study by American scientists ...

Why do lions have manes or cheetahs “sunglasses”? Discover how big cats got their iconic looks. Why do lions have manes, leopards have spots, or cheetahs wear “sunglasses”? In this episode, we uncover ...

A wildlife photographer got an unlikely assist in spotting a leopard in a tree in Kruger National Park in South Africa. Henri Olckers captured an image of the hard-to-spot leopard—he called it a ...

Scientists believe intriguing leopard spots on a rock sampled by the Perseverance rover on Mars last year may have potentially been made by ancient life, NASA announced Wednesday. The team has also ...