Ball has been researching and writing about natural patterns for 25 years. I echo what Zizka said, who cited “ice formations” as his favourite patterns to photograph in nature.

In a new paper, published in Nature Human Behaviour, scientists from DTU (the Technical University of Denmark) examine how geography shapes human mobility and propose a way to separate physical ...

Philip Ball's Patterns in Nature is a jaw-dropping exploration of why the world looks the way it does, with 250 color photographs of the most dramatic examples of the “sheer splendor” of ...

The reason patterns often appear in nature is simple: The same basic physical or chemical processes occur in many patterned substances and organisms as they form. Whether in plants and animals or ...

Acclaimed outdoors photographer Paul Zizka finds patterns in nature. Photo by Paul Zizka I echo what Zizka said, who cited “ice formations” as his favourite patterns to photograph in nature.