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.

Firstly, the zebra is striped because it is to his interest to be conspicuous. Secondly, he is striped because it is to his interest to be invisible. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

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 ...