Albino giraffe spotted by WCS in Tanzania “Albino” giraffe spotted by WCS in Tanzania WCS press release September 8, 2005 The white giraffe. Photo copyright Charles Foley/Wildlife Conservation ...

High and whitey: Rare 'albino' giraffe with no markings on its hide is spotted grazing in Kenya. Giraffe, which has lost pigmentation in its hide because of a rare condition, was spotted roaming ...

Earth’s last known white giraffe has a new protector. The rare mammal has been fitted with a Global Positioning System tracking device in an effort to protect it from poachers.

"It is very rare, this is only the second record of a white giraffe in Tarangire over the past 20 years or so, among more than 3,000 giraffes in the area," Derek Lee, Ph.D., WNI's principal ...

While many have been quick to label the giraffe as albino, it likely suffers from a genetic condition called leucism, which inhibits skin cells from producing pigment but allows other organs, ...

How this giraffe lost its spots, and other tales of unusually white animals ... In 2015, 88 albino squirrels were counted in the Squirrel Count, up from 75 albinos in 2014.

Researchers recently caught a glimpse of a white giraffe named Omo in the Tanzania's Tarangire National Park. Wild Nature Institute researchers first spotted the unusual giraffe when she was a ...

Albino and leucistic animals abound in the animal kingdom, from squirrels to crayfish. 1 of 9. White Giraffe Omo, a year-old Masai giraffe calf, lives in Tanzania's Tarangire National Park.

Leucism affects many mammals, but it is extremely rare in giraffes. Outside of this Kenyan giraffe family, only one other white giraffe has been spotted in Africa; it was last seen in Tanzania's ...

A researcher in Africa has finally spotted the rare white giraffe that he's been seeking for twelve years, and he's got a photograph to prove it. IE 11 is not supported.

The giraffe calf has a condition called leucism that results in loss of pigmentation. “Her body surface cells are not capable of making pigment, but she is not an albino,” explained the Wild ...