"Albinism in plants is strange because no chlorophyll means no photosynthesis, which means no life," says Moore. A plant that completely lacks chlorophyll usually can't survive.

You may already be familiar with albinism in humans and other animals, but did you know there are albino plants, too? The most viable example of this phenomenon is the albino redwood. Due to a ...

The following question deals with an unhappy sequence involving unusual beauty, the splendor of youth, rapid decline and death. Q: You often see people discussing albino animals, but I don’t ...

Instead, albinism might be viewed as a feature that sets humanity apart and above the rest of nature, along with language and tool use. Related: The top 10 stigmatized health disorders ...

Can all living things—plants, insects and bacteria—be albino? Lilliana Hitchcock, Houston, Texas If by “albino” you mean an organism lacking the pigment melanin, then loosely speaking, yes ...

Even within albinism, there are varying degrees of colouration, ranging from coppery through to very white. And so it’s a common misnomer that all albinos have pink eyes; indeed some do, but some have ...