It’s an age old question: Why do zebras have stripes? There are many theories, four, according to a new study. The issue isn’t so black and white, it seems.

While the question of why zebras have black and white stripes is still up for debate, there are studies claiming that they are a form of insect repellent. Sergio Murillo twitter Update: Mar 30th ...

How the zebra got its stripes has been puzzling scientists for centuries, but new research suggests those bands of black and white are designed to deter disease-carrying flies. Camouflage, cooling,… ...

The data revealed a temperature difference between the black and white stripes that increases as the day heats up. Whilst this difference stabilises on living zebras during the middle seven hours ...

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 ...

1- Zebra are in fact black with white, recent research through embryological evidence shows that the zebra’s underlying colour is actually black and that the white stripes are added on top.

Researchers have long struggled to explain the purpose of the zebra's unique black-and-white coat. Many African animals sport some stripes on their bodies (tigers, hyenas, okapi, bongo), but none ...

The black and white stripes heat at different rates, forming micro spirals of air that behave as small breezes across the zebra's body. (Credit: Brenda Larison) Slow digesters ...