What do zebras have to do with the structure of the cosmos? Imagine a single zebra in your mind. With twitching ears, tufted hair, and a visual interference pattern wrapped over muscle and skin, the ...

When it comes to size, horses exhibit a wide variation in body size and shape, while Zebras tend to be similar to each other – generally shorter, more robust and with proportionally larger heads that ...

Debate has long raged over the reasons for a zebra's stripes, with scientists spending decades theorizing over the evolutionary causes for the animal's iconic patterns. A new study has shed further ...

The findings may have implications in technology, researchers said. Scientists believe they may have solved the mystery of why zebras have stripes. Zebras likely evolved to have stripes in order to ...

New research published in the Journal of Natural History indicates that zebras' stripes are used to control body temperature after all - and reveals for the first time a new mechanism for how this may ...

Research suggests zebras may use stripes for temperature regulation. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- A gangrene-inducing bite in Africa, 40 years of curiosity, and backyard ...

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. — Prince George's County officials have revealed a new plan that they hope will lead to capturing two zebras that have been on the loose since the beginning of September. Three ...

Five zebras that escaped from a Maryland farm nearly a month ago are still on the loose. They got away Aug. 31 from a private farm near Upper Marlboro, about 20 miles southeast of Washington, D.C., ...