1. Flower petals. The number of petals in a flower consistently follows the Fibonacci sequence. Famous examples include the lily, which has three petals, buttercups, which have five (pictured at ...

Not all claims to have found an example of the golden ratio are true. But there's been another promising sighting: Pulsing stars dim and brighten in a pattern that is oh-so-close to the golden ratio.

The ratio of successive numbers in the Fibonacci sequence gets ever closer to the golden ratio, which is 1.6180339887498948482... Read more: The 9 most massive numbers in existence ...