A rare, all-white raccoon was photographed in College Station. Seeing an albino raccoon is less likely than being struck by ...

Albinism, which is more rare, results from the complete absence of melanin. Albino animals are nearly totally white, and they may have light pink or orange-colored eyes and reduced vision.

An extremely rare leopard with reddish brown spots was observed in southeastern Tanzania for the first time. Along the ...

How common is albinism in animals? Purdue University says that an estimated 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 1 million animals are born with albinism. Albinism is caused by a rare set of genes that prevent ...

Like many animals with exoskeletons, when this fresh layer first comes out in the open it’s soft and pale. That’s why the cockroach appears brilliant white. If you were to watch that same ...

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 ...

So on December 1, Victoria Adesanya woke up at dawn to say a very difficult prayer —that the sun would not rise from the east. For a marketer with albinism whose melanin-deficient skin now tells ...

Albinism is a genetic disorder that causes little to no pigment in the skin, eyes, and hair in humans and some animals. In other species, it can affect the fur, feathers, or scales.