Leonardo da Vinci’s sketch of a tree illustrates the principle that combined thickness is preserved at different stages of ramification. The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in ...

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What must you see to ID a tree? And what must you see during the winter, when a thick cover of snow sits atop leaf beds. That is what Bill Michaelek, manager and naturalist at Beaver Meadow Audubon ...

Nature follows mathematical rules and creates repeating patterns across completely different organisms and environments.

Optimizing tree architecture is a long-standing challenge in fruit production, as branch orientation directly affects light ...