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Stripes! Hexagons! They're everywhere! These patterns in nature might seem like aesthetic coincidences, but they are actually the result of physical processes that show up again and again, even in ...

Two types of white blood cells, a neutrophil (top) and a lymphocyte (bottom), in human blood. Ed Reschke via Getty Images In an effort that began more than ten years ago, scientists have estimated ...

It probably looked a little peculiar. A grown man (me), slithering along the hillside on his belly, swimming through thistles and thorns, snapping pictures like a paparazzi gone plant-crazy. But, you ...

Associate Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources, West Virginia University Waking up to the dawn chorus of birds – one of the natural world’s greatest symphonies – is a joy like no other. It is ...