Squirrels, like the one in Haddington, can be identified as albino if they have a white coat with pink eyes. Natural red squirrels with albinism or leucism, a condition which causes a partial loss of ...

Albinism is a genetic condition that causes the partial or complete lack of melanin, which is the pigment that gives color to the skin hair and eyes. Most of the time being albino means the animal ...

Leucism is caused by a partial loss of pigmentation, resulting in white feathers on a bird. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin. One ...