Ecologists still don’t believe in fairies. But it may take magic to resolve a long-running debate over what causes the oddly regular spots of bare soil called fairy circles. A new approach now ...

Fairy circles, a nearly hexagonal pattern of bare-soil circular gaps in grasslands, initially observed in Namibia and later in other parts of the world, have fascinated and baffled scientists for ...

'Fairy circles' have long been one of nature's greatest mysteries, prompting wild theories they were created by aliens or legendary gods. These images show the vast areas that are covered by the ...

The chance discovery of 'fairy circles' in Western Australia's Pilbara region is providing new insight into one of nature's enduring puzzles. The circles, which are regularly spaced patches of bare ...