Photo by Edgard Garrido
An albino animal is born without the ability to produce color pigment in its skin, hair, feathers, scales, or eyes. As a result they color ranges from snowy white, pink to an off-white straw color. Being light colored is certainly not an advantage in the wild – animals are more visible to both predators and prey and the lack of melanin negatively affects their vision by affecting development of the eyes in addition to causing extreme photosensitivity making survival even less likely. If you have seen an albino animal in the wild you are lucky, especially if it has matured into an adult; more commonly you will have a chance to see one of these rare creatures in a zoo.
November 25th
Centenary of Chilean general and politician Augusto Pinochet
© Thomas Hoepker / Magnum Photos
This week the US Navy has agreed to limit its use of sonar that may inadvertently harm whales and dolphins in waters near Hawaii and California. For the first time, the Navy has agreed to put important habitat for numerous populations off-limits to dangerous mid-frequency sonar training and testing and the use of powerful explosives. Scientific studies have documented the connection between high-intensity mid-frequency sounds, including Navy sonar, and serious impacts to marine mammals ranging from strandings and deaths to cessation of feeding and habitat avoidance and abandonment. To celebrate this historic agreement we want to share a selection of photos featuring the marine animals that are benefiting from this plan.
Cuban former President Fidel Castro (R) talks with Pope Francis (L) as Castro’s wife Dalia Soto del Valle looks on in Havana, Cuba. September 20, 2015.
Photo by Handout.
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Producers, writers and crew, including Jon Stewart, hold their awards for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Talk Series for Comedy Central’s «The Daily Show With Jon Stewart» backstage during the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California, USA. September 20, 2015.
A man carrying a Mexican flag is silhouetted while attending the «Cry of Independence» ceremony to mark the 205th anniversary of the day rebel priest Manuel Hidalgo set the path to independence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. September 15, 2015.
Photo by STRINGER Mexico
An Egyptian antiquities worker stands in front of two colossal statues of Pharaonic King Amenhotep III in Luxor’s West bank, Egypt. Reuters archive.
A migrant runs with a child before tripping on TV camerawoman Petra Laszlo (L) and falling as he tries to escape from a collection point in Roszke village, Hungary. September 8, 2015.
Photo by Marko Djurica
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