On a recent Builders Live episode, ecosystem leaders pushed back on the “charismatic connector” model, and offered some advice: Build systems that outlast any single organizer.

Many complex systems, from microbial communities to mussel beds to drylands, display striking self-organized clusters. According to theoretical models, these groupings play an important role in how an ...

Different species of seabirds can coexist on small, isolated islands despite eating the same kind of fish. A researcher has been involved in developing a mathematical model that can be used to better ...