White giraffes owe their unusual appearance to leucism, a rare genetic condition that reduces pigmentation without affecting eye color or behavior. Only two known leucistic giraffes are currently ...

Wildlife rangers in Belize saw an oddly colored creature fall from a tree and later identified it as a Spix’s disc-winged bat with leucism. Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto In a rainforest of ...

This special creature is a leucistic whitetail deer fawn. Leucism, is a condition that causes faulty melanin production, resulting in the all-white coat. Leucism is different than albinism as this ...

The North Carolina Zoo posted to Facebook about seeing another all-white deer on their property. You may remember that in mid-November, the NC Zoo posted about the first all-white deer they saw, a ...

When we think of giraffes, we instantly think of them being the typical combination of dark orange or brown patches surrounded by lighter hair. However, there is a small number of giraffes that have a ...