Alba, the glowing rabbit that made headlines two years ago for being, well, a glowing rabbit, has met an untimely death, according to the French researcher who genetically engineered her. Alba the ...

Alba was bred with the green fluorescent protein (GFP) of the jellyfish Aequorea victoria­ — making Alba a green-glowing rabbit (under special lighting) instead of her all-white albino self. “Alba is ...

The team has used Crispr to add a gene to rabbit embryos so they produce green fluorescent protein, or GFP. Zayner says they’re aiming to transfer the engineered embryos to female rabbits this week.