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 ...

Stanford Medicine researchers discover mechanisms of sex-linked genetic mutation giving rise to ginger felines.

Researchers identified an unusual genetic mutation in orange domestic cats that has not been found in any other animal, ...

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

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

Whether you are lucky enough to have a cat companion or must merely live this experience vicariously through cat videos, ...

This is a simple and plausible story: wily new predators arrive, decimating unwary native mammals. In response, conservationists and governments have declared war on foxes and cats with large ...