Crucially, zebra stripes help protect them from predators like lions and hyenas. Instead of blending in with their surroundings, the stripes work by creating visual confusion.

Zebra stripes, besides looking very cool, help to ward off biting flies, a new study finds. The research, published in Nature Communications, negates the popular theory that zebra stripes evolved ...

ZEBRA STRIPES: A RANGE OF THEORIES HAVE TRIED TO ANSWER WHY THEY EXIST. ... Anti-predation is also a wide-ranging area, including camouflage and various aspects of visual confusion. ...

Zebra stripes and their ... Despite its appeal to visual ecologists, this research found that the aperture effect is not the mechanism behind fly confusion through comparing fly landings ...

Horseflies misjudge landings on zebra patterns, compared with solid gray or black surfaces, which provides evidence for why evolution came up with the black-and-white pattern.

So THAT'S how the zebra got its stripes! ... Anti-predation is also a wide-ranging area, including camouflage and various aspects of visual confusion. ...

Despite its appeal to visual ecologists, this research found that the aperture effect is not the mechanism behind fly confusion through comparing fly landings on horses wearing striped versus checked ...

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 ...