On a battered rock in an ancient Martian riverbed, a pattern of dark, rounded patches has jolted planetary science. These ...

Most people have heard the saying, “A leopard never changes its spots.” It means someone is resistant to changing something about themselves, just as a leopard can’t change its iconic black splotches.

No doubt, there are some trends that have their moment and then we never really see again, at least not in mainstream media. But more commonly, trends seem to ebb and flow through the trend cycle, ...

These are some truly one-of-a-kind spots. Black leopards are a rarity, and black leopards with visible spots are rarer still. So when 24-year-old photographer Anurag Gawande saw one such beautiful ...

From spots to splotches to stripes, cat coat patterns and colors all evolved to camouflage wild cats in their particular environments, according to a new study that finally answers the question: Why ...