A drawing by Sheila Girling, wildlife biologist Tim Caro's mother, in Caro's new book, 'Zebra Stripes.' (Sheila Girling/illustration) The distinct black and white stripes of zebras capture people’s ...

Though it may seem like we’ve got it all figured out, there are still plenty of wonderful mysteries left in the world. While we may never know the meaning of life, or how the Earth was formed, we now ...

San Franciscans who want to clip something green can now look past their lawns and bushes -- to a new environmentally focused coupon book. Two local women have published a coupon book similar to the ...

Zebra stripes give these equids a unique look, but the purpose of these distinctive markings has remains a question. Some biologists believed the stripes were utilized by the animals to regulate heat, ...

Zebra stripes are striking, but in the eyes of a hungry fly trying to land, they might spell disaster. Image Credit: John Storr, Wikimedia Commons Share When you hear hoof beats, think horses. Unless, ...

Where did zebras get their stripes? The answer to that is evolution, but that is a general answer for how any organism has the traits it has. A better question would be: "Why does a zebra have stripes ...

For more than a century, Rudyard Kipling's "Just So" stories have delighted children (and adults) with imaginary explanations of how animals came to look the way they do. But while Kipling addressed ...

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 of ...