One such animal is the grasshopper, Tetrix subulata, that's featured in several studies investigating fire melanism. A 2011 study found that the frequency of melanistic grasshoppers was ...

It is a day to celebrate all kinds of cats, from those waiting for a home to those already living happily with their owners.

Melanism is a genetic mutation characterized by an overproduction of melanin, the pigment responsible for the dark coloration ...

In a follow-up post, Kaswan elaborated on the unique characteristics of black panthers, explaining that their striking appearance is due to a genetic condition called melanism. “In India ...

IFS officer Parveen Kaswan shared a video of a black panther that he spotted in Kurseong. The post has garnered more than 99.7K views on X. Watch the video here.

People, he found, tend to interact with albino animals more frequently, because albinism, or the absence of pigmentation, occurs more often than melanism, or the overproduction of pigment.

Partial melanism, when animals are mostly but not entirely black, is more common than complete melanism. Even for the 2019 penguin, an ornithologist made the journalist who contacted him swear an ...

These animals appear black due to melanism, which results in excess dark pigmentation. Despite their dark coats, their characteristic leopard rosettes are often visible under certain lighting ...

Bagheera of Kurseong. What a beauty." In a follow-up post, Parveen Kaswan elaborated on the distinctive traits of black panthers, saying that their remarkable look is caused by a genetic disorder ...

“In India, a black panther is a melanistic variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus). These animals appear black due to a genetic condition called melanism, which results in excess dark pigmentation.

Melanism and piebaldism are different disorders. While piebald deer have a white-brown coat pattern, melanistic deer have dark hair, sometimes black. This happens due to a genetic mutation that causes ...