Zebra stripes may ‘dazzle’ pathogen-packing horse flies, say scientists
Saturday, February 23, 2019 In findings published on Wednesday in PLoS One, scientists from the University of Bristol and UC Davis say zebras may have gotten their stripes to confuse ectoparasites, such as flies. The researchers observed tabanid horse flies around zebras and domestic horses in captive settings and they found the flies had a … Read more