Researchers at the University of Bristol have found why zebra fur is thinly striped and sharply outlined. Their findings, published Feb. 17 in the Journal of Experimental Biology, reveal that stark ...
About 30 miles north of the equator, in central Kenya, Kaia Tombak and her colleagues stood beside a plexiglass box. Tombak, who studies the evolution of animals’ social behavior, was dressed for the ...
A new study suggests that zebras’ black and white stripes function to help the animals to control their temperature. The research also points to a new a mechanism for how this control of body ...
The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize was announced on September 18, 2025. Ten prizes were awarded to researchers whose works “[make] people laugh, then think.” Considering this year’s “digestion” ...
There's fierce competition in the wild, but you're more likely to see lions face off with panthers on the gridiron than in the great outdoors. So why do zebras masquerade as NFL referees in the wild?
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