Cats are innate masters of physics. They can leap extraordinary distances to climb things or while hunting. They have split ...

Two new, preliminary papers identify a gene related to a cat’s coloration. The work also explains why tortoiseshell and ...

The ginger colour in cats’ coats has a curious link to being male or female. Now, scientists have finally pinpointed the gene ...

Now, two studies have finally identified the genetic key to this mystery, solving a puzzle first theorized in 1912. The studies, conducted independently by Japanese and American research teams, have ...

After 60 years of research, scientists have discovered the gene responsible for orange fur in cats, finding that it is linked ...

After 60 years of searching, geneticists have finally identified the gene behind the marmalade coloration in domestic cats.

Male cats have only one X chromosome, which they inherit from their mother. Since the mutation responsible for orange fur is ...