Tag Archive for 'Horseflies'

Horse coats with patterns photographed in situ: (A) color photographs of the check, random check, black triangle, white triangle, gray and bark coat patterns; (B) polarization images of a bare horse (top), and black triangle (middle) and white triangle (bottom) coats; images on the left are monochrome photographs viewed through horizontally oriented polarizing filter; images on the right are false-colored according to the right-most scale to represent degree of polarization. Image credit: Caro et al., doi: 10.1242/jeb.244778.

New Research Reveals How Zebra Stripes Deter Horseflies

Feb 21, 2023 by News Staff

Stripes deter tabanid horseflies from landing on zebras and, while several mechanisms have been proposed, these hypotheses have yet to be tested satisfactorily....

Zebra with young. Painting by Robert E Fuller.

Study Explains why Zebras Have Stripes

Apr 2, 2014 by News Staff

According to a team of researchers led by Prof Tim Caro from the University of California at Davis, zebra’s stripes stave off biting flies, including...

Study Finds Why Zebras Have Stripes

Feb 9, 2012 by Natali Anderson

There have been many hypotheses why zebra have stripes, including predator confusion, crypsis or thermoregulation, but the correct answer was unknown –...