Ranchers might want to consider painting “zebra stripes” on their livestock. According to a new study published in PLoS ONE, the measure reduces the number of biting flies on cows by more than half.

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 ...

Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favorite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which ...

A Japanese research team’s experiment involving disguising a cow as a zebra to fend off bloodthirsty insects received the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize’s biology category on Sept. 18, making this the 19th ...

A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebra-like stripes on cows reduced fly bites are among the winners of this year's Ig Nobels The Ig Nobel Prize for ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — It's an old question. Why do zebras have stripes? Researchers believe the stripes help confuse predators. New research has come up with something else and it has some ...

A researcher who studied fingernail growth and a group that explored whether painting zebra-like stripes on cows reduced fly bights are among the winners of this year's Ig Nobels The Ig Nobel Prize ...