Discover 10 animals with stripes and learn why some animals have them and others don’t! Scientific name: Panthera tigris Although there are multiple subspecies found throughout the world ...

Skunks' stripes fade in safer environments, showing how less danger leads to evolutionary changes in warning coloration.

In one photo, a zoo worker was seen standing next to a donkey which was defaced with nearly perfect black and white stripes running across its body. After a heated debate about the animals ...

Which do you like best - stripes or spots? Stripy zebra and stripy tiger… or spotty leopard and spotty giraffes? Explore the different patterns that animals have on their bodies: giraffes and ...

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 zoo in eastern China has been criticised for dyeing the fur of chow chow puppies to resemble tiger stripes, in a bid to ...

Gazelles are nimble and beautiful animals, with a variety of stripes and markings that accentuate their tan buff coats and white rumps. They also boast a impressive, ringed horns. These attributes ...

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 ...

The invasive mussels also filter out food particles, reducing food availability for native fish and other animals, and they have the ability to attach to and kill the native mussel varieties.

The stripes had an immediate effect. “Many farmers have hesitated to release their cattle on farmland because they feel sorry for the animals being targeted by gadflies,” said an official with ...