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 ...

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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, ...