A fox with rare black fur made a brief roadside appearance in Yellowstone National Park last week. The fox’s coloring is ...

Discover why Similipal, Odisha is home to rare melanistic tigers. Genetic mutations and isolation create unique conditions ...

Gentoos typically sport the more traditional tuxedo penguin pattern, but in cases of leucism and melanism, they can get a makeover. Leucism is the loss of pigment, making an animal appear more ...

However, what makes this one black is the melanin. According to the FWC Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, “melanism is an abnormal extent of dark coloration in the skin, scales, fur ...

This change from predominantly light to dark forms in industrial areas is called industrial melanism. Note that this change was not due to pollution making the moths darker. The dark variety had ...

Where there should have been white or yellow it was replaced with black. This is called melanism and is a widely known mutation in the animal kingdom. Complete melanism like this has been seen ...