There’s a reason fashion designers look to animal prints for inspiration. Creatures have evolved a dizzying array of patterns: stripes, spots, diamonds, chevrons, hexagons and even mazelike designs.

How did the zebra get its stripes? The fashionable patterned coat protects the animal from horsefly bites by disorienting the flies during the landing process, research has shown. But how exactly do ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Strike up the bands – of color, that is. And kick them up a notch. Supersized, medium or skinny, stripes are a resonating fashion presence, especially in ...

Zebra stripes are striking and beautiful, but what purpose do they serve? A new study suggests the stripes help the animals fight off biting flies, which can transmit disease. This contradicts a ...

More than 70 years ago, mathematician Alan Turing proposed a mechanism that explained how patterns could emerge from bland uniformity. Scientists are still using his model—and adding new twists—to ...

Stripe patterns are commonly seen in nature—for instance, birds and fish move in coordinated flocks and schools, fingerprints form unique designs, and zebras can be identified by their distinctive ...