Nature truly is a wondrous place. Sometimes, you'll even find perfect shapes hidden in nature.

Heart shapes are found in nature. Keep in mind that nature echoes art and focuses on shapes, colors and textures. Here is how nature has heart.

Explore shapes in nature with Mr. Nesbit from New Bern, NC. Rootle and PBS North Carolina are proud to bring you Teacher Time, a series of fun, hands-on activities brought to you by real North ...

Learn how to spot 2D and 3D shapes in the world around you with this lesson for children aged 5 to 7 from BBC Bitesize - The Regenerators.

Mathematicians have found a new kind of shape with connections to nature and art ...

The shape of trees, in part, is caused by genetics. A Red Maple has a different shape and structure than an American Elm tree because their cells contain a different set of genes passed down from the ...

This tendency, to make meaning out of the shapes we see on the moon, is described as lunar pareidolia. Pareidolia is the psychological phenomenon in which our brain creates familiar images or patterns ...

Engineers at Duke University have developed a scalable soft surface that can continuously reshape itself to mimic objects in nature. Relying on electromagnetic actuation, mechanical modeling and ...

Mathematicians have described 1 a new class of shape that characterizes forms commonly found in nature — from the chambers in the iconic spiral shell of the nautilus to the way in which seeds ...

Mathematicians have identified a new class of shapes that "tile space without using sharp corners." From bathroom floors to siding on buildings, it's common to cover areas without gaps by arranging ...