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 ...

Zebras are known to have an extremely sharp memory. They have the ability to remember the members of other herds and their past interactions with them. The stripes on zebras make it very difficult for ...

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.