A resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, recently spotted an albino squirrel hanging out in a tree near the Prairie Green Golf Course. "Spotted in a tree just off hole 1, this little guy was ...

There have been a few rare cases of albino monkeys as well. When sequencing Snowflake’s genes, researchers discovered that his albinism was due to the same mutant gene that causes mice ...

An incredibly rare albino orca was caught on camera leaping out of the ocean, leaving an impassioned wildlife photographer “shaking with excitement.” Japanese freelance photographer Noriyuki ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Li Zhang, professor of physiology and neuroscience at USC's Keck School of Medicine, how mice perform first aid on each other. The instinct to help a fellow creature runs ...

Putting the uniquely human version of a certain gene into mice changed the way that those animals vocalized to each other, suggesting that this gene may play a role in speech and language.