Zebras evolved black-and-white stripes to confuse predators by creating an optical illusion when the animals move, scientists say. While different theories have been put forward to address this ...

What’s black, white, and a scientific conundrum? To biologists, the answer is zebra stripes. Charles Darwin admitted he was perplexed by the bold pattern in his 1871 treatise The Descent of Man, and ...

“HOW the zebra got his stripes” sounds like the title of one of Rudyard Kipling's “Just So” stories. Sadly, it isn't, so the question has, instead, been left to zoologists. But they, too, have let ...

Scientists think they have solved how the zebra got its stripes - and the answer is far from black and white. They say the distinctive monochrome pattern keeps the animals cool under the hot African ...

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 ...

Despite being perhaps the most recognizable animal on the planet, biologists have been puzzled for centuries over how the zebra got its stripes. But scientists have worked out an answer, and it’s ...