If you’ve always thought of a zebra’s stripes as offering some type of camouflaging protection against predators, it’s time to think again, suggest scientists at the University of Calgary and UC Davis ...

Zebra stripes, besides looking very cool, help to ward off biting flies, a new study finds. The research, published in Nature Communications, negates the popular theory that zebra stripes evolved for ...

Last summer, a series of rather unusual water-filled canisters were left to bake in the northern Hungarian sun. Each barrel was outfitted with a different skin: white, black, brown, gray or ...

Zebras have a lovely black and white coat. But which colour is on top of which, remains a mystery. Is it white over black or black over white? Even looking very carefully at the animal does not give ...

If you’ve always thought of a zebra’s stripes as offering some type of camouflaging protection against predators, it’s time to think again, suggest scientists at the University of Calgary and UC Davis ...