Jordan said he immediately recognized it as a melanistic alligator gar, which is a gar with a high level of melanin. Typically, alligator gars are more of an olive brown color, according to ...

Black Canada lynx seen for the first time ever The dark-furred cat has a genetic condition called melanism that has been observed in about a third of cats, but not previously in this species.

Some fellow travelers recall seeing a melanistic penguin at St. Andrew’s Bay, also on South Georgia. Melanism is merely the dark pigmentation of skin, fur–or in this case, feathers.

Wildlife biologists aren’t quite sure how many exist, and many anglers will go a lifetime without seeing one. “Well… me and Terrell found out melanistic gar do exist yesterday,” wrote Jourdan in the ...

A prehistoric jet black river creature with shark-like teeth has been caught in the Choctawhatchee River in Florida. The melanistic longnose gar was found by the Fish and Wildlife Research ...

The article says only 10 other melanistic bobcats have ever been recorded — all found in Florida. The melanistic bobcat is only the second ever found in Canada and might be the 12th ever recorded.

A rare albino deer was recently spotted in our viewing area, and ABC13 reached out to wildlife experts to ask some questions about these rare deer.

The black tiger is found in the jungles of the Indian state and has rarely been seen in the past. India is home to 70 per cent of the world's tiger population. The melanistic black tigers are only ...