Research suggests zebras may use stripes for temperature regulation. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- A gangrene-inducing bite in Africa, 40 years of curiosity, and backyard ...

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 ...

This guy doesn't think his stripes are all that good at camouflaging him. Zebra stripes are striking and beautiful, but what purpose do they serve? A new study suggests the stripes help the animals ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Brenda Larison's research mentioned in this article was funded by the National Geographic Society. How the zebra got its stripes might at first seem like an esoteric question. But it has fascinated ...

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 ...