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 ...

To determine how well zebra stripes served as camouflage, Caro cut life-size horse shapes out of plywood, painted them with various markings and had colleagues observe them at dusk and dawn, when ...

Biting flies slurp their meals from the blood of Savannah animals. At best, the flies are annoying. At worst, they transmit disease. Scientists have known since the 1980s that zebra stripes repel ...

A runaway zebra has captured the internet’s attention after escaping in Rutherford County. While he remains on the loose, his companion “Stripes” is safe at a local stable as the search ...

Every zebra has a different stripe pattern Image source, Getty Images Just as no two people have the same fingerprint, the same is true with zebras and their stripes - each animal has its own ...

Researchers confirmed that each individual has a stripe pattern unique to them by photographing 25 Pygmy zebra octopuses in a lab for nearly two years. They took photos of the specimens every week ...

To figure out why the zebra got its stripes,… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) ...