Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) on a rhino, sound asleep.

Dugong Dugong dugon

With golden trevally Gnathanodon speciosus, around dugong’s face, and sharksucker Echeneis naucrates, around dugong’s body

Collared peccary (Dicotyles tajacu/Pecari tajacu) with leucism amongst a squadron of regular peccaries

Captured by Ramiro Gonzalez, CC BY-NC 4.0

Cormorant fishing in Yangshuo near Guilin, Guangxi, China. Christian Vaisse

Stream Sipping

Have you ever seen a pink grasshopper? Though the meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) is typically distinguished by its green and brown coloration, a genetic mutation called erythrism leaves some individuals looking pretty in pink! Erythrism is the overproduction of red pigment. While these rare insects are beautiful to look at, pink grasshoppers are hindered by their vivid coloring because it makes hiding from predators much more difficult.