Credit: Getty Images/by vesi_127 While calico cats have an orange, black and white coat, dilute calico cats have a slightly paler variant which looks blue-grey, pale ginger, and white or cream.

Dilute calico cats owe their coloration to a fascinating genetic interaction. Like all calicos, dilute calicos are almost exclusively female: the gene for coat color is located on the X chromosome ...

WOODBRIDGE — Peaches is a medium-haired dilute calico cat in the care of the Woodbridge Animal Society Volunteers. Rescued from a high-kill shelter, she is between 1 and 2 years old. Peaches ...

A: Calico cats have orange, black and white fur ... Other colors are modifications of the two basic colors; for example, gray is the dilute version of black. The gene for black fur sits on ...

Abeona, an 8-year-old cat living at the Best Friends Animal Society's shelter in Salt Lake City, Utah, is in need of a loving home where she can receive chin and ear scratches — on her terms.

A: Calico cats have orange, black and white fur ... Other colors are modifications of the two basic colors; for example, gray is the dilute version of black. The gene for black fur sits on ...

Juanita Mengel and her cat Lola Pearl both have had there left leg amputated Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared ...