Why nature makes patterns and its extraordinary complexity

Last year there was one morning when Tasmanian Blennies seemed to be everywhere on the mussel beds in Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay. They were swimming over rocks in abundance. The next morning, there were almost none. Once you understand why this happens, you realise why nature makes patterns and its extraordinary complexity. It just takes a few variables (like tides, wind and weather) to influence a species’ entire behaviour. Think about how many times a year people gather in large numbers on a...