Zebra swallowtail caterpillars are mostly green with one thicker blue, black and yellowish band close to the head. Thin yellow stripes accent their abdominal segments.

Map A on the left displays where indigenous equids are striped or plain in color. Map B on the right highlights in blue the distribution of tsetse flies (Glossina) and areas with seven consecutive ...

Scientists have known since the 1980s that zebra stripes repel flies, and many believe that zebras evolved their distinctive stripes because of this advantage. But researchers still don’t ...

How and why zebras evolved to sport black and white stripes are questions that have tested scientists for over a century. Scientists have put forward at least 18 reasons why, from camouflage or ...

Zebra stripes are a recurring motif throughout the exhibit. In one piece, “The Birth of Zebra Mane,” a half-white and half-black panther rips apart its skin to reveal a zebra pattern underneath.