It has to be a challenge not to fall in love with each cat as a foster parent, and sometimes their personality wins the ...

In most other mammals, like dogs, sheep, rabbits, and horses, mutations in a protein called Mc1r lead to red hair color, but ...

I heard about a family who had surprised their children with what they thought was the “perfect” Christmas present: a tiny ...

The orange cat in this video is desperate to catch a bug hanging out on the ceiling of his home—so desperate, in fact, that ...

Melanocytes from orange cats were found to make 13 times as much RNA from the gene Arhgap36. The gene is located on the X ...

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

Orange cats are just cats, but if you ask anyone who's lucky enough to have one, they'll swear that the orange-ness makes a ...

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

An adult cat, around 3-4 years old, will typically have two to three babies, while older felines will have even less than ...

Discover the scientific breakthrough behind the signature orange fur in cats. Learn about the genetic factors that make the ...

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

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