To keep your barn cat happy, you do need to take special care of them. That includes making sure they're microchipped, ...

"I was updating his other family because I didn't want them to worry, and I also thought it was hilarious," Elle Mackesey ...

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

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

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 ...

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

For decades, orange cats have charmed their way into homes and hearts. But their vibrant fur color has been a genetic mystery ...

After a century of research, scientists have finally found what is responsible for the coat color of domesticated orange cats ...

When a family of possums snuck into a house through a kitty door, probably to enjoy some cat kibble, one of the babies got ...

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 ...