When tigers stalk their prey, usually in the murky light of dusk or dawn, they are nearly invisible. Whether they live in grasslands, forests or jungles, wild tigers have deep orange coats with dark ...

Tigers' enchanting stripe patterns and gorgeous fur are their downfall — poachers and illegal traders have pushed many tiger species to the brink of extinction, slaughtering them for their coveted ...

Researchers have provided the first experimental evidence confirming a great British mathematician's theory of how biological patterns such as tiger stripes or leopard spots are formed. Researchers ...

The back of a tiger could have been a blank canvas. Instead, nature painted the big cat with parallel stripes, evenly spaced and perpendicular to the spine. Scientists don't know exactly how stripes ...

Conservation researchers have found a new weapon against the illegal trade of tiger pelts, a code hidden in the tiger's stripes. Poachers and illegal traders have pushed many tiger species to the ...