Your orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studies Cats are ...

The vast majority of fully orange cats are male, which led scientists to reason decades ago that the genetic code for orange ...

The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, but scientists have only had theories that a sex-linked ...

Orange cats have some traits that make them stand out. Think of famous felines like 'Puss in Boots' and 'Garfield'!

Orange cats often strut around like they own the place. Their loud yowling, mischief-making tendencies, and marmalade-colored ...

There are more male orange cats than females because this gene is located on the X-chromosome, which males only have one copy ...

Orange cats have a unique genetic mutation that gives them their special coats — and this mutation also explains why so many of them are male, two new studies find. Many animals have orange hair, ...

Two teams of scientists at Kyushu University in Japan and Stanford University in California determined that ginger cats’ color comes down to a missing segment of their genetic code, according to ...

The pretty black, white, and grey shade—named ... See, technically speaking, cats only come in two colors—black and orange. Any other color is either a combination of those two colors, a ...

About 80% of orange cats are males ... is statistically less likely. Two independent teams have located and characterized the mutation responsible for this fur color. One was led by Hiro Sasaki ...

"In a number of species that have yellow or orange pigment, those mutations almost exclusively occur in one of two genes ... of the wide variety of cat colors and patterns to study genetics ...