Albino model Ruby Vizcarra overcame the stereotypes about her skin condition and now encourages other people to embrace their natural beauty Maria Pasquini is the senior news editor for the human interest vertical at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – One October night in Tanzania’s southernmost Mtwara region, a group of men with their faces covered pounded on the wooden door to Zainab Muhamed’s home and told her to open up. They would not say what they wanted – but it ...

A rare Albino white squirrel has been spotted in East Lothian. Jim Jermyn photographed the animal in a tree in his garden in Haddington. The chances of an albino squirrel being born are about one in 100,000. Conservationists at the Scottish Wildlife Trust ...

An ambitious mother who has one son and one daughter with albinism says she is certain both of them will be stars, and is encouraging them to believe they can do anything to which they set their minds. Lisa Needham, 43, and her husband Jim, 50, from ...

Three white-tail deer, including one rare albino, are seen south of Battle Creek, Mich. on Thursday afternoon Nov. 8, 2001. Albino deer are considered extremely rare. (AP Photo/John Grap) Bow season is off to a great start for an 11-year-old hunter from ...

Life is hard for albinos throughout Africa, but especially in the East African nation of Tanzania. At best, they face raw prejudice; at worst, they are hunted for their flesh, the results of superstitious beliefs. Albino killings have been reported in a ...

One of the world's rarest birds has been spotted in a Somerset garden. The one-in-a-million rare albino house sparrow has been spotted in Westonzoyland. It is living among a small colony in the village. Albinos are one of the rarest birds in the world and ...