stripes Content / stripes Content for ºÙºÙÊÓƵ en How Zebra Stripes Disrupt Flies’ Flight Patterns /curiosity/news/how-zebra-stripes-disrupt-flies-flight-patterns <p>Scientists learned in recent years <a href="/news/scientists-solve-riddle-zebras-stripes">why zebras have black and white stripes</a>&nbsp;— to&nbsp;avoid biting flies. But <a href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0210831">a study published</a> today in the journal <em>PLOS ONE </em>probes the question further: What is it about stripes that actually disrupts a biting fly’s ability to land on a zebra and suck its blood?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> February 20, 2019 - 3:36pm Katherine E Kerlin /curiosity/news/how-zebra-stripes-disrupt-flies-flight-patterns Wildlife Biologist Earns His ‘Zebra Stripes’ With New Book /news/wildlife-biologist-earns-his-zebra-stripes-new-book <p>In his new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Zebra-Stripes-Tim-Caro/dp/022641101X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1481155705&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=Zebra+Stripes+Caro"><em>Zebra Stripes</em></a>, ºÙºÙÊÓƵ wildlife biologist Tim Caro takes readers through his scientific and personal journey to get to the bottom of the mysterious and beautiful coloration of zebras.</p> December 12, 2016 - 11:32am Katherine E Kerlin /news/wildlife-biologist-earns-his-zebra-stripes-new-book Zebra Stripes Not for Camouflage, New Study Finds /news/zebra-stripes-not-camouflage-new-study-finds <p>If you’ve always thought of a zebra’s stripes as offering some type of camouflaging protection against predators, it’s time to think again, suggest scientists at the University of Calgary and ºÙºÙÊÓƵ.</p> <p>Findings from their study will be published Friday, Jan. 22, in the journal <a href="http://www.plosone.org/">PLOS ONE</a>.</p> January 22, 2016 - 2:46pm Patricia Bailey /news/zebra-stripes-not-camouflage-new-study-finds