It was just last month that we heard about a study which indicated that fewer horseflies landed on mannequins with stripes painted onto them. The research was inspired by observations that zebras also ...

Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large mammals in the animal kingdom exhibit solid fur color schemes with minimal ...

Why do zebras have stripes? A study published in PLOS ONE today [Wednesday 20 February] takes us another step closer to answering this puzzling question and to understanding how stripes actually work.

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What is a group of zebras called? While often termed a herd, zebras have unique collective nouns like dazzle and zeal that ...

Why do zebras have stripes? To hide from predators? To stay cool? To attract a mate? These are questions that have long baffled zoologists, but researchers at the University of Bristol and UC Davis, ...