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This stunning sea turtle isn’t albino—it's leucistic. Here's what makes this pale yellow turtle so rare and how it beat the ...
Leucism is the absence of pigmentation in an animal's skin or fur – but, unlike albinism, does not affect the color of the ...
How rare is leucism? The park rangers say only 1 in 30,000 birds have leucism, "so this splotchy robin is pretty rare and special!" It's not the first piebald animal to be spotted in the ...
Leucism You might’ve noticed that some animals have the characteristic paleness of albinism, but not red eyes, or patches of white where there’s otherwise color.
In a rainforest of central Belize, a wildlife ranger saw an oddly colored animal fall out of a tree. The fleeting glimpse sparked a larger search project — and revealed a first-of-its-kind sighting.
In a rainforest of central Belize, a wildlife ranger saw an oddly colored animal fall out of a tree. The fleeting glimpse sparked a larger search project — and revealed a first-of-its-kind sighting.
Researchers identified the unusual animal as a hoary-bellied Himalayan squirrel with leucism. Leucism occurs when an animal has “almost complete loss of pigmentation” but still keeps its ...
A ghostly white angular roughshark found near Sazan Island, Albania, is the first example of leucism ever recorded in the species. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Leucism is the absence of pigmentation in an animal's skin or fur – but, unlike albinism, does not affect the color of the eyes. Until now, leucism had never been recorded in this species – or ...
In a rainforest of central Belize, a wildlife ranger saw an oddly colored animal fall out of a tree. The fleeting glimpse sparked a larger search project — and revealed a first-of-its-kind sighting.
In a rainforest of central Belize, a wildlife ranger saw an oddly colored animal fall out of a tree. The fleeting glimpse sparked a larger search project — and revealed a first-of-its-kind sighting.