Stripes! Hexagons! They're everywhere! These patterns in nature might seem like aesthetic coincidences, but they are actually ...

With its black and white fur and fluffy mane, the zebra is one of the most distinctive creatures in the animal kingdom. But how exactly did the zebra get its stripes? Scientists from the University of ...

How did the zebra get its stripes? The fashionable patterned coat protects the animal from horsefly bites by disorienting the flies during the landing process, research has shown. But how exactly do ...

The mystery of why zebras have black and white stripes may have been solved as scientists find the pattern 'dazzles' blood-sucking flies. Flies approach the animal with the intention of landing and ...

The striking patterns of zebra stripes have puzzled evolutionary biologists for a long time. And there are a number of hypotheses out there for why zebras have evolved their signature stripes, from ...