In most other mammals, like dogs, sheep, rabbits, and horses, mutations in a protein called Mc1r lead to red hair color, but not in cats.

Health officials in Westchester are urgently seeking two people who dropped off a sick and injured cat that tested positive ...

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Van Dyke, who turns 99 on Friday, announced on Facebook that he and his wife, Arlene Silver, fled their $8 million hillside home to safety, but were forced to leave behind their beloved cat in the ...

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

You need to keep an eye on him, when he’s in front of the fire, but cats aren’t masochists. They become uncomfortable, if ...

For more than a century, the genetic secrets behind the vibrant orange coats of ginger cats and the intricate patterns of tortoiseshells have puzzled scientists and cat enthusiasts alike. Now, two ...

Most orange cats are male, while most female cats with some orange fur end up with patchworks of different colors. A calico kitten. (Theresa Donahue McManus/Moment/Getty Images) "Taken together, these ...

The Keighley-based charity has been forced to suspend its waiting list for cats requiring new homes. Fran Oborski loses her leg two years after being scratched by a stray, who now lives with her.

Garfield, star of the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Davis in 1978, is, like many of the cats that roam our homes, orange. He is orange in the same way that some people are redheaded ...