A capture of a melanistic coyote near Iona Beach in Richmond, March 12 2026.

Wetland Pursuit - Laura Thomas Photography - Richmond 2026

#photography #naturephotography #nature #bcwildlife #coyote #melanisticcoyote #melanistic #wetlands #ionabeach #richmond #fineartphotography #art

March 12th, 2026.

A melanistic coyote hunts through the wetlands near Iona Beach in Richmond, BC March 12th, 2026.

Wild Thing - Laura Thomas Photography - Richmond, 2026

#photography #naturephotography #nature #bcwildlife #coyote #melanisticcoyote #melanistic #ionabeach #fineartphotography #art

A dark-furred squirrel crouches among the discarded seed shells below a feeder, nibbling on something in their paws.

The black squirrel is startled by a gray one, and leaps sideways

Squirrel continues foraging

That you, Nero*? We had a #melanistic #squirrel in our backyard about a year ago, but they vanished after a few months. Now, this cutie appears - and, given they can live 5 years or so in the wild, we're wondering if it's the same one.

*Named, in part, for the Black Clover character
#mammals

A melanistic young Springbok at Founders Lodge/South Africa, Africam
#mamals, #melanistic, #Springbok, #nature, #wildlife, #SouthAfrica, #livestream, #Africam

Alduin the World-Eater, harbinger of the new age, or a new year at least.

Black Pine Snake, Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi

#herps #pinesnake #melanistic #monochrome #colubrids #skyrim

Ruby wants to play with melanistic squirrel
#melanistic #blacksquirrel #rubytheshihtzu #westernmass

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekJforJetBlack

A #melanistic #black Eastern Grey #Squirrel (supposedly rare but not in my local park!) #nature #photography

Continuing with the strixes: the Ural Owl.

#digitalart #digitalpainting #digitalillustration #painting #illustration #firealpaca #birdart #birds #uralowl #owlart #owl #owls #strix #strixuralensis

Bonus image: a melanistic Ural Owl.

#melanistic #melanisticowl #melanisticuralowl

A hungry nursing mom on her lunch break. 🥰

#squirrel #animal #animals #wildlife #nature #sqrlpix #dailysquirrel #yourdailysquirrel #エゾリス
#melanistic #blacksquirrel
#newmom #nursingmom #lunch

#referencesheet #kitsune #melanistic #melanistickitsune #kyubi #thickgirl #illustration #redshoes
Character designed for @baerwald.bsky.social

Luna, the Albino Gator. Laying in the shaded inside.

Umbra, the Melanistic Gator. Sitting in the sunny outside

Signs describing them. Just read the sign

Some old pics I refound of when I saw Luna and Umbra, with the former being an Albino gator and the latter being Melanistic.

#Gators #Albino #Melanistic

Busy nursing mom enjoys her DreyDash delivery.

#squirrel #animal #animals #wildlife #nature #sqrlpix #dailysquirrel #yourdailysquirrel #エゾリス #melanistic #blacksquirrel

#newmom #nursingmom #dreydash

Just finished this little drawing of a melanistic coyote. I'm amazed at how little artwork there is depicting them!

One day I'll do a chart depicting all the color variations - there are so many, and they're all beautiful.

#coyote #SciArt #wildlifeart #nature #melanistic #art #traditionalart

This #melanistic form of Habropoda miserabilis, known from only a few locations from #coastal #BritishColumbia #Canada is a really stunning #bee #beesofcanada

The world is topsy-turvy.

#squirrel #animal #animals #wildlife #nature #sqrlpix #photography #dailysquirrel
#yourdailysquirrel
#エゾリス

#melanistic #blacksquirrel

Melanistic Barn Owl #artdoll
Handcrafted fancy lady stands on her own
#multimedia #melanistic #ooak #barnowl #feministart #resist #secondact

Rare Melanistic Red Fox! 🦊

These are known as Silver Foxes; their appearance is due to a genetic variation that causes excess melanin, leading to the dark color. So cool!

#fox #silverfox #melanistic #wildlife #fujifilm

It’s Pecan Tuesday, a great day that I just invented.

#squirrel #animal #animals #wildlife #nature #sqrlpix #photography #dailysquirrel
#yourdailysquirrel
#エゾリス

#melanistic #blacksquirrel #pecan #pecantuesday

Mondays are a good time for a walnut.

#squirrel #animal #animals #wildlife #nature #sqrlpix #photography #dailysquirrel
#yourdailysquirrel #bestfriend #bestfriends #monday #walnut
#エゾリス

#melanistic #blacksquirrel #bestfriends

#melanisticmonday

Sometimes the best friends come in the smallest packages. 🖤

#squirrel #animal #animals #wildlife #nature #cuteanimal #dailysquirrel #yourdailysquirrel

#melanistic #blacksquirrel #bestfriends #bestfriend

Melanistic garter snake curled around a very pale female hand

Melanistic garter snake slithering in a faux fur blanket

Melanistic garter snake relaxing on the shoulder of a female with messy brown hair wearing a gray sweater

Morning cuddles with Poe in the midst of total American collapse

#gartersnake #melanistic #snake

A painting of a barn owl with a melanistic color mutation. Its head is twisted around over its back, and it's standing on the ground, one foot on a small rodent.

Melanistic Barn Owl

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Posted: August 15, 2022

melanistic fox...
#fox, #melanistic

rare fop

#fopfriday #fop #fox #friday #animals #melanistic #melanisticfox

Two photos of the Christmas Jewel Spider on illustrated polaroids. The first photo on the left shows the spider’s underside as the stem its sitting on is being held by two fingers. It is a tiny orbweaver, much smaller than the visible fingernail, and is mostly black with mottled red and yellow. Its abdomen has symmetrical spines. The second photo shows it from the front, its prosoma is all black, its legs are red, and its abdomen is black with symmetrical white markings. The abdomen’s spines are fully black.

A photo of a melanistic Christmas Jewel Spider on an illustrated polaroid. The spider is jet black all over, but otherwise has the exact same appearance (ie size and shape) as the non-melanistic variant. This photo is dorsal, showing the spider from above.

Two screenshots from the iNaturalist website on illustrated polaroids. The first, on the left, shows the seasonality data of the Christmas Jewel Spider. It has a sharp peak in abundance from November through to January, where it steadily declines until it is nearly absent from June to September. The second image is a map of Australia, with orange pixels representing a heatmap of abundance records on iNaturalist. It is found all around Australia’s coastal communities and somewhat inland, with a handful of observations in central Australia. There are few records in the country’s north, and a high concentration of records in South-Western Australia, and around the South-Eastern region. There are some records in East Tasmania.

🖤🤍❤️Now this one’s a real gem! In the warmer months, keep an eye out for the tiny Christmas Jewel #Spider (Austracantha minax)!💎🔬
This harmless tiny #arachnid is the only member of its genus, and is endemic to #Australia! 🇦🇺🕸️In #autumn you might even see one expressing the rare #melanistic form! 🍂

Underpainting work on the melanistic jaguar portrait: ‘Velvet Threat’. #jaguar #melanistic #wildlifeart #contemporarywildlifeart #contemporaryrealism