The Maine Coon is one of the largest and most recognizable breeds of cats. Their fur is soft and thick which makes them perfect for colder climates, and they have one of the longest tails of any breed ...

Orange cats have a way of standing out, both for their fiery coats and for their prominent personalities. The sheer variety ...

Whether you're interested in adopting a cat or you already have a ginger kitty in your family, you may be curious about orange cat breeds. Not only are these adorable cats, but there is so much to ...

Recently, butlers to orange-colored cats got a bit of a shock when reading the news, as headlines began to call out their fuzzy feline friends as ‘freaks of nature’ and using similarly uncouth terms.

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a genetic mutation on the X chromosome of orange, calico and tortoiseshell ...

One sweet cat's goatee definitely makes him look like the latter. In addition to his little orange goatee, though, he's a ...

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 their ...

It was long predicted that the source of domestic cats’ distinctive pumpkin-orange fur coloring was genetic and was produced by a gene on the sex-determining X-chromosome because 80% of orange cats ...

Orange cats may be known for their silly behavior, but two new studies are a step closer to understanding "the why" behind the furry felines' coloring. Two independent studies published on May 15 by ...

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The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, but scientists have only had theories that a sex-linked genetic mutation is behind it. Now, new research has pinpointed the exact ...