Often when describing patterns, they are placed in one of two categories: organic or geometric. Organic designs are ones ...

When one thinks about winter, one thinks about snow and cold. They go hand in hand for many reasons, but what is snow, really ...

A stellar dendrite is a snowflake with a classic star-shaped pattern, formed when ice crystals grow rapidly in cold, moist air.

Acorn woodpeckers live in family groups and spend winter tending their stash and defending it from thieves. Come spring, they’ll shift to insects and oak flowers, but in winter, acorns fuel their ...

For families spending the holiday season in a hospital room rather than at home, the Connecticut Children’s Hospital in ...

Mathematician Katie Steckles explains just why the proliferation of snowflake decorations this time of year is deeply ...

In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...

Zohran Mamdani, New York’s mayor-elect, is among the latest politicians to be tagged with the term, raising the question: ...

Winter may seem like a season of stillness, but science tells us a different story. Even in the quiet winter months, the natural world buzzes with activity. Insect migration patterns shift, animal ...

The claim that no two snowflakes are alike is often misunderstood. Snowflakes form without DNA or blueprints, growing from simple hexagonal ice crystals shaped by temperature and humidity at each ...