Humans love stripes so much, they use them in interior décor, fashion, and architecture. Sometimes, they even use specific ...
Have you ever seen a striped tail disappearing into the bushes and wondered what animal it could be? Depending on where you are in the world, it could be a variety of creatures! From birds to ...
HHMI researchers find that a gene that blocks the differentiation of pigment-producing cells in the skin of the African striped mouse helps in generating the mouse’s characteristic light-colored ...
It's got black and white stripes all over. When you see a herd of zebra together, it becomes one big stripy pattern. No other animal looks so striking on the African plains. The zebra can't hide ...
This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. If a zebra zigs, will its stripes make a predator zag? That’s the idea behind motion dazzle, a century-old hypothesis ...
a rare genetic condition that results in little or no production of a pigment called melanin - which causes them to develop golden stripes. Zebras are equine animals, and just like horses - they ...
Monotypic. Length 6.8". Conspicuously outlined white throat; mostly dark bill; dark crown stripes, eye line. Broad yellow eyebrow in front; remainder white. Upperparts rusty brown; underparts ...