A farmer in central Pennsylvania is taking extra precautions for deer hunting season. Friz Konieczka doesn't want his animals mistaken for deer, so he painted bright orange stripes on his horses, his ...

Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of how some animals get their stripes and spots. There are many animals that have these patterns on their skin or fur—including tigers, zebras and the ...

Tokyo — An experiment on a herd of cows in central Japan appears to have proven a radical, nature-inspired solution to a pest problem that plagues the agriculture industry. Zebras and their gaudy ...

More than 70 years ago, mathematician Alan Turing proposed a mechanism that explained how patterns could emerge from bland uniformity. Scientists are still using his model—and adding new twists—to ...

Researchers have long wondered why zebras sport such eye-jarring black and white stripes, especially since most large mammals in the animal kingdom exhibit solid fur color schemes with minimal ...

Zebras are known for their distinctive stripes and now researchers know why the animals have these strange markings. Camouflage was thought to be the reason zebras developed striped bodies. There is ...

Maryland officials have unveiled a new plan to capture two missing zebras that escaped from a private farm over a month ago, and it involves using the help of even more of the striped animals. The ...

These cows are dressed up to look like zebras, but not because they’re in the moo-d for Halloween. A group of agricultural researchers are giving cows zebra-like stripes because they seem to deter ...

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is sounding the alarm for one of the world's most overlooked carnivores: the striped hyena.

There’s one less free-range zebra on the loose in Maryland. One of the three striped animals that broke out of a private farm in August has been found dead, caught in an illegal snare trap. A zebras ...