Back in 1952, Turing suggested that natural biological patterns like stripes or spots could form in the presence of two molecules: a slow-moving activator and a fast-moving inhibitor. The activator ...

It’s distinguished by the black and white striped patterns throughout its body ... stripes can help animals camouflage within ...

If a zebra zigs, will its stripes ... across natural backgrounds. The easy-to-catch critters disappear; the evasive ones reproduce. Eventually only the hardest-to-catch patterns remain.