This cutaway of a nautilus shell shows its chambers and reveals an elegant spiral structure. An example of a logarithmic spiral. This growth process yields an elegant spiral structure, visible ...

You’ve likely encountered it before, perhaps as a spiral graphic often superimposed over images of human ears, hurricanes, or nautilus shells. How many of them ... researchers have yet to stumble ...

Patterns exist all around the world, creating unforgettable designs exhibited by organisms and acts of nature. Some of these designs even share surprising connections, like a spiral shape seen in ...

A relative of squid and octopi, the chambered nautilus grows to about 8 inches long, with a spiral shell and about 90 tentacles it uses to catch prey. It’s often called a “living fossil” because of ...

A cross section of a chambered nautilus shell shows the newly defined shape, the "soft cell," repeating outward in a spiral. FlamingPumpkin via Getty Images When humans cover a space using tiles ...

The optical rotatum's logarithmic spiral follows a pattern often found in nature, including nautilus shells. (Image Credit: Capasso Lab / Harvard SEAS) Patterns exist all around the world, creating ...