Any Maine Coon cat can be considered stunning, with their larger-than-typical-house-cat size, gigantic paws, and huge floofy ...

This kitten is a Tortoiseshell Maine Coon, and though he does have that “split face” coloring that typically means he’s a ...

Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat ...

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

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 ...

Researchers in Japan say they have unlocked a long-standing mystery about the color of calico cats, known for their black, white and orange fur. The team includes Sasaki Hiroyuki, distinguished ...

A Japanese research team led by Kyushu University professor Hiroyuki Sasaki has said it discovered a gene that determines the color patterns of the tricolored calico cat, known in Japan as mike neko.

Chris Kaelin, a geneticist at Stanford Medicine, found himself thinking about cats. Not just any cats, but the loud, lovable, and often male ones streaked in unmistakable marmalade. These orange ...

Ginger cats - such as lasagne-loving Garfield - are both cultural icons and popular pets. But their distinctive color comes with a genetic twist - most orange tabbies are male, while calicos and ...

Ginger cats - such as lasagne-loving Garfield - are both cultural icons and popular pets. But their distinctive color comes with a genetic twist - most orange tabbies are male, while calicos and ...

In cats, the color comes with a mystery: a trait that’s inherited, clearly tied to sex, but missing the usual genetic suspects. “It’s a genetic exception that was noticed over a hundred years ago,” ...