Why Zebras Have Stripes

Why Zebras Have Stripes

Constant Wonder - Season 2022, Episode 1063 , Segment 2

The Secret Lives of Super Flies

Episode: The Secret Lives of Super Flies

  • Jun 28, 2021 4:00 pm
  • 16:28

Tim Caro has dedicated nearly a decade of his life trying to definitively solve the mystery of why zebras have stripes. It appears that he's got the answer he was searching for: horseflies hate stripes. Guest: Tim Caro, evolutionary ecologist and Professor of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology at the University of California, Davis