Zebras may not be nearly as sneaky as some people thought. A study casts doubt on the idea that those magnificent stripes are used to hide the horse-like creatures from predators. Freelance writer ...

Why do zebras have stripes? Contrary to what's often assumed, the black-and-white bands aren't used for camouflage. According to the traditional theory, stripes allow a zebra to hide against ...

Conventional wisdom says a zebra's black-and-white stripes camouflage the animal in tall grass—the better to evade the colorblind lion. But a new study says the pattern scrambles the vision of a ...