It's not hard to find examples of this logarithmic phenomenon in nature — whether it's a simple houseplant (like the aloe plant) or an expansive spiral galaxy (like the spiral galaxy ...

The spiral galaxy M81 as seen through a combination of X-ray ... the sunflower is an example of a pattern of numbers called the Fibonacci sequence, named after the medieval mathematician who ...

Look closely at a sunflower, and you'll see the distinct spiral in its center. | UrsaHoogle/iStock via Getty Images Many flowers have petals that add up to Fibonacci numbers, including buttercups ...

Bananas have three sections whilst apples have five. The Fibonacci sequence even plays a role in the subtle spirals you can see in the seed head of a sunflower. This is because of something known ...

The Fibonacci spiral, or golden spiral, has a width that grows logarithmically and can be found in everything from sea shells to hurricanes, to the arms of a spiral galaxy. It can also be found in ...

Turing was trying to explain why the number of clockwise and anticlockwise seed spirals in a sunflower head followed numbers in the Fibonacci series — 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 etc — where ...

Stunning drone video has captured two massive humpback whales in Antarctica creating a Fibonacci spiral, otherwise known as the "Golden Spiral," to create a bubble net and capture prey.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The human world is distressingly chaotic. Nature, in contrast, always has a plan. This is on display in my ...