Why do zebras have stripes? To hide from predators? To stay cool? To attract a mate? These are questions that have long baffled zoologists, but researchers at the University of Bristol and UC Davis, ...

LONDON (AP) — Zebra stripes are dazzling — particularly to flies. That's the conclusion of scientists from the University of Bristol and the University of California at Davis who dressed horses in ...

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?

This story might sound like something out of a Monty Python skit, but our science correspondent Heather Goldstone assures us it is real science and it answers an age-old question: Why do zebras have ...

The animals weren’t attending a masquerade. They were dressed for studies investigating a mystery that has puzzled scientists for more than a century. Horses wearing zebra coats on a farm in Britain.

Horses wearing zebra coats on a farm in Britain. The animals weren’t attending a masquerade. They were dressed for studies investigating a mystery that has puzzled scientists for more than a century.