Albinism and melanism are just the beginning. Some animals reveal far stranger mutations that produce dazzling and unpredictable hues. Through biology and chance, evolution paints outside the ...

A local photographer has captured stunning photos of a rare, ethereal creature in the Bay Area wilderness: an albino deer.

albinism, which reduces the amount of melanin in the body and leads to pale skin, hair, and eyes; and xanthochromism (also known as xanthism), which causes unusually yellow or orange pigmentation in ...

The first time you see a truly white deer or crow, it feels like a trick of the light. Look closer and you are seeing biology ...

Photos of a white bison calf in Yellowstone National Park have generated excitement as well as questions: How does that happen? A park visitor said she took the photographs in the park earlier this ...

O fewer than 24 persons with albinism will have died in Nigeria by the end of 2024. The annual figure the Albinism Association of Nigeria (AAN) puts out reckoned with only reported fatalities. Many ...

Luisinho, a 26-year-old man with albinism whom I interviewed in Mozambique, faced a heartbreaking choice: either continue working outdoors under life-threatening sun exposure or quit his job selling ...