Well, Chris Shomo arrowed a melanistic doe Dec. 24, 2021, on private land in Kankakee County. The mount was finished last month. It’s not surprising that Shomo, who works at the Cook County Jail ...

Over the past three years, motion-sensitive cameras have captured rare images of endangered species, which include melanistic tigers, four-horned antelopes, sloth bears, and pangolins.

Scientists are trying to work out why some manta rays have black blotches on their skin, which is uncommon in the oceans. By JoAnna Klein Spanning up to 25 feet from wing to wing, manta rays look ...

The melanistic leopard was found after 240 hours of searching by photographer Don Heyneke. Don Heyneke/Magnus News Agency. Sightings of melanistic leopards are incredibly rare.

The melanistic youngster was spotted as part of ongoing work with Oceanites Inc., a US-based organization that’s been totting up penguins in Antarctica for 31 years.