What if the simplest way to stop flies from biting a cow was to make the cow look like a zebra? It sounds like the setup for a joke. Instead, Japanese researchers took the idea seriously enough to ...

Scientists painted black cows with white stripes to test whether zebra markings deter biting flies, and the results offered a striking clue about one of nature’s most debated patterns. A field ...

WASHINGTON — A group of Japanese researchers found that painting stripes that mimic those found on zebras seems to dramatically reduce the amount of biting flies pestering livestock. The findings, ...