For example, zebra print pairs wonderfully with solid colors, or as an accent in a color drenched room. Even some bolder, organic patterns, like florals can work if the colors are complementary.

How did the zebra get its stripes? The answer may be a gene called Agouti, which the scientists have found governs color patterns in deer mice, the most widespread mammal in North America.

So if a zebra's stripes aren't used for camouflage, what are they for? One possibility is that banding patterns are used to recognize members of the same species at a distance.

Perhaps, Larison says, stripes are the zebra's defense against multiple dangers. To find out more, the colleagues looked at why some zebra patterns are more eye-popping than others.

Most horses today are treasured for their ability to run, work, or be ridden, but have lost their wild-type camouflage: pale hair with zebra-like dark stripes known as the Dun pattern. Now an ...

Horseflies misjudge landings on zebra patterns, compared with solid gray or black surfaces, which provides evidence for why evolution came up with the black-and-white pattern.

There are strange "zebra" patterns coming from the Crab Nebula, and the reason has to do with plasma refraction.

A pattern easily paired with other prints and neutrals, leopard sparked a style change and got me thinking about new color combinations and spots with stripes.

The wavy undulations of a sperm’s tail make striped patterns in space-time, which potentially follow patterns proposed by Alan Turing.

The baby zebra, which has been named Tira, in fact has a genetic condition known as “pseudomelanism,” which causes abnormalities in zebra stripe patterns, as Ren Larison, a biologist at the ...

Calathea varieties boast vivid leaf patterns and colorful undersides. They are a popular indoor houseplant for those who take ...

The zebrafish, a small fresh water fish, owes its name to a striking pattern of blue stripes alternating with golden stripes. Three major pigment cell types, black cells, reflective silvery cells, and ...