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 ...

There’s a reason that colorful cats, like tortoiseshells and calicos, tend to be female. It comes down to genetics. Females (of all sorts, not just cats) have two X chromosomes, while males have ...

After five years of taking in cats and kittens from across Colorado and surrounding states, a Loveland rescue has officially found its first unicorn. An extremely rare male calico kitten born in a ...

Months after her family believed she died in a fire, a three-legged cat named Lola has been seen strolling through the streets of Saint John, N.B. Lola, a timid muted calico, is not a run-of-the ...