Barsh and his colleagues saw that all 145 orange cats they studied, as well as 6 calico and tortoiseshell cats (which also ...

Garfield, star of the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Davis in 1978, is, like many of the cats that roam our homes, ...

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 ...

A music-loving cat in Croatia showed her appreciation for her owners’ talents recently, hopping onto a piano keyboard to ...

For all other animals, including redheaded humans, we know what causes this characteristic colour, but surprisingly, we ...

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

Most cats are non-orange, usually brown or grey tabbies with some pattern ... with some areas mostly orange or non-orange. Calico cats have distinct patches of orange and non-orange, in addition ...

Discover the genetics behind orange cats, explained by recent studies, shedding light on feline pigmentation mysteries.