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

In case you haven't heard, Santa will be on his way soon so he's double checking his lists to see who's been good and who's ...

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

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

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

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

Analysis - Orange and tortoiseshell house cats (torties) have long been an enigma for hair coloration in mammals: now, the genetic basis of their distinctive coat colour has been unveiled.

If it wasn’t immediately obvious that the lazy, lasagne-eating Garfield was a tom cat, then his orange fur should have given ...

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

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

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