Little penguin Pearl is so rare she is first of her type seen by an academic who has been studying her species for a decade.

Experts said there has never been a sighting of a true albino whale of any species in Hawaii. There have been more common ...

Albino animals can be distinguished from leucistic because the former has ... eyes — a nearly impossible feat — his exact genetic mutation remains a mystery. Photographer Captures 'Magic ...

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Meanwhile, albinism affects all pigments and is caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the ... Parks and Wildlife wrote in a post about a leucistic squirrel spotted at Staunton State Park ...

There have been more common sightings of leucistic or lighter colored whales ... One is to do genetic sampling and look for that mutation that would cause a lack of pigmentation and lack of ...