We’ve all seen posters, logos, and headlines in which the text has a different fill color from its outline or shadow. Surprisingly, this isn’t always accomplished by using your software to stroke and ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 UC Davis ...

About 30 miles north of the equator, in central Kenya, Kaia Tombak and her colleagues stood beside a plexiglass box. Tombak, who studies the evolution of animals’ social behavior, was dressed for the ...