International Zebra Day is a reminder to celebrate not only the zebra’s beauty but also its critical role in the ecosystems ...

Zebras are known to have an extremely sharp memory. They have the ability to remember the members of other herds and their ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Many a fable and tale propose preposterous theories about how the zebra got its stripes, but now science has finally provided a possible answer.

The plains zebra is the most common and widespread of the three recognised zebra species. With that unmistakable black-and-white striped hair, theyhttp://'+location ...

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 ...

Perhaps the most puzzling question Jared Diamond encounters as he investigates animal domestication is: Why were no large mammals ... species of wild horse, the zebra? Zebra are closely related ...