A novel system that chases larval zebrafish around an arena with predator robots is enabling scientists to understand how these days-old fish quickly learn in the real world.

Like horses, they can deliver a powerful kick - potentially lethal to a predator. As the name suggests, plains zebra graze on the open grasslands and savannah. They are very social - most live in ...

A kick from a zebra can kill — and these creatures are ... Sharing their habitat with some of the most dangerous predators on earth, including lions and cheetahs, leopards and hyenas natural ...

Zebras, native to Africa, are recognized for their unique black-and-white stripes and important ecological roles. Known for ...

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 ...

When a zebra is among its herd, its stripes blend in with others, making it difficult for a predator to single out any one animal to kill.