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 ...
Sharing their habitat with some of the most dangerous predators on earth, including lions and cheetahs, leopards and hyenas natural selection forced African wildlife such as the zebra to evolve ...
The idea posits that the alternating black and white pattern helps zebras blend into their natural environment, particularly the grasslands and savannas of Africa. Although it might seem ...
But not many people know that these bold markings actually serve very several important purposes that help the zebras survive out in the wilderness. From predator defense to social bonding ...
The idea posits that the alternating black and white pattern helps zebras blend into their natural environment, particularly the grasslands and savannas of Africa. Although it might seem ...
Since their introduction to the Great Lakes in 1986, zebra mussels have quickly spread and are now found in at least 25 states and two Canadian provinces. Due to their high reproductive rate and the ...