The annual lg Nobel Prize ceremony is organized every year by the Annals of Improbable Research, a digital magazine that spotlights research that first makes people laugh and then think. The lg Nobel ...

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, ...

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 ...

Zebra stripes may deter bloodsucking insects, perhaps helping explain why zebras evolved their stripes, researchers say. Zebras are best known for their dramatic stripes, but why they evolved remains ...

Scores of horse owners in Germany are turning to a novel method to prevent their animals from being bitten by horseflies: by painting zebra stripes on a horse, they believe it’s possible to ward off ...

Biting insects prefer a plain brown hide to the zebra's stripes, implying that the stripes are an anti-insect adaptation. Cynthia Graber reports How did the zebra get its stripes? One theory holds ...

Have you ever wondered if those zebra-patterned fly rugs really do fend off horse flies? New research has confirmed that striped equids do indeed have a natural defence against blood-sucking insects.

Painting cows with zebra-like stripes may be a simple strategy to keep biting flies at bay. There was over 50% reduction in the number of biting flies seen on legs and body of the cows painted with ...

With its black and white fur and fluffy mane, the zebra is one of the most distinctive creatures in the animal kingdom. But how exactly did the zebra get its stripes? Scientists from the University of ...

Horseflies are unpleasant insects that deliver powerful bites and now it seems that zebras evolved their stripes to avoid attracting the unpleasant pests. New research show that zebras have the least ...

Pest control Rudyard Kipling may have answered how the leopard got its spots and the camel its hump, but he never explained the zebra's stripes. A new study helps fill in the void, this time with ...