Did you know that all kittens are born with blue eyes? However, once most kittens reach six weeks of age, the melanin kicks ...

The lost link in a gene called ARHGAP36 makes it so that the cells in orange felines produce lighter colors for their skin, ...

Studying cats’ coat colors, for instance, has informed various aspects of modern genetics, she says. But one cat fur hue has stumped scientists for decades: orange. In house cats, orangeness ...

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

It was established some 120 years ago that almost all calico cats are female and that the color-deciding factor was in the X chromosomes. About 60 years later, researchers discovered that one of ...

Two new studies found that a small, missing piece of DNA located next to a specific protein resulted in orange fur coloration ...

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,” ...

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.