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 ...

Scientists at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan explained in a paper published last week that orange cats are missing a ...