/ Black and White Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en /news/why-pandas-are-black-and-white-answered <p>The scientists who uncovered <a href="/news/wildlife-biologist-earns-his-zebra-stripes-new-book">why zebras have black-and-white stripes</a> (to repel biting flies), took the coloration question to giant pandas in <a href="https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/doi/10.1093/beheco/arx008/3058530/Why-is-the-giant-panda-black-and-white">a study published this week</a> in the journal <em>Behavioral Ecology.</em></p> March 03, 2017 - 12:18pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/why-pandas-are-black-and-white-answered