Zebras are famous for their contrasting black and white stripes—but until very recently no one really knew why they sport their unusual striped pattern. It's a question that's been discussed as ...

Mystery of zebra stripes solved: Black and white pattern confuses flies to stop them landing on their skin. Stripes are particularly thin on the lower leg and close to the head; ...

Only recently have biologists found evidence that his pattern-forming system. Aired 09/22/2021. ... Alan Turing's work decoding zebra stripes and leopard spots leaves no doubt that he truly was a ...

So THAT'S how the zebra got its stripes: Alternating pattern absorbs and reflects heat to create 'air conditioning' Scientists compared zebra stripes from 16 sites with their living conditions ...

If there was a 'Just So' story for how the zebra got its stripes, I'm sure that Rudyard Kipling would have come up with an amusing and entertaining camouflage explanation. But would he have come ...

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 today scientists continue to wonder why prey ...

A zebra’s stripes, a seashell’s spirals, a butterfly’s wings: these are all examples of patterns in nature. The formation of patterns is a puzzle for mathematicians and biologists alike.

Pest control Rudyard Kipling may have answered how the leopard got its spots and the camel its hump, but he never explained the zebra's stripes. A new study helps fill in the void, this time with ...

When the researchers made the black stripes wider than a typical zebra's pattern, objects attracted more flies. Measurements confirmed that the most polarized surfaces attracted the most insects.

Black stripes get hotter than white, so you get faster or slower air currents over the zebra's skin. That creates eddies, or air swirls, to cool the zebra, maybe as it runs from a lion. Think of ...

Thirdly, researchers suggest stripes help zebras with thermoregulation – the idea that the black and white stripes heat up differently causing an airflow between the two, producing a cooling effect.

Pest control Rudyard Kipling may have answered how the leopard got its spots and the camel its hump, but he never explained the zebra's stripes. A new study helps fill in the void, this time with ...