And unlike humans who have hands to drive off flies, cows are helpless creatures ... Scientists have known since the 1980s that zebra stripes repel flies. In the above-mentioned study, researchers ...

From predator defense to social bonding, here’s why zebras have stripes: Crucially, zebra stripes help protect them from predators like lions and hyenas. Instead of blending in with their ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Many a fable and tale propose preposterous theories about how the zebra got its stripes, but now science has finally provided a possible answer.

Nearly a quarter of Brits say they now “zebra stripe” when they go out, according to Matthew Bulcroft, marketing director of Global Brands. Many are now embracing the new drinking trend that ...

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. If a zebra zigs, will its stripes make a predator zag? That’s the idea behind motion dazzle, a century-old hypothesis ...

Does it fit? Who are you now? Moving as the new animals they now are, the whole class put their needles away in a safe place, then set off to look for Greedy Zebra. They make a class circle ...

Even though they are equipped with tails to swat away insects like mosquitoes, horseflies and black flies, this alone may not be enough to fend off their ... painted zebra-like stripes on black ...