Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat ...

Black, grey, red and Tabby Maine Coon cats are all pretty common, but you rarely see Calico or Tortoiseshell Maine Coons ...

After wandering into a couple's shed to find a safe place to sleep, a stray calico cat won their hearts, and now he has a ...

On Thursday, May 22nd, one unlikely rescue popped up, though. Not only was there a Calico kitty rescued from a bark, but she ...

Take a look at the Launch Trailer for Jumping Jazz Cats, a party parkour racing platformer developed by Le Catnip Collective. Players will engage with intense parkour feats as a feline cat to ...

Researchers in Japan say they have unlocked a long-standing mystery about the color of calico cats, known for their black, white and orange fur. The team includes Sasaki Hiroyuki, distinguished ...

MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - This week’s pick of the Litter is Lucy Longbottom. Lucy is a easy going 12 pound calico cat. She’s seven years old and came to BENCHS after her owner could no longer ...

Researchers had previously assumed that the mutation would be on the X chromosome because of the skewed sex ratio — it also explains why calico and tortoiseshell cats, which have patches of ...

The Cheshire Cat is a riddle-loving feline who hails from the Alice in Wonderland Realm. Along with Alice, he is one of two characters introduced to Disney Dreamlight Valley during the "Wonderland ...

Female cats with one copy of sex-linked orange appear partially orange — with a mottled pattern known as tortoiseshell, or with patches of orange, black and white known as calico. That's due to a ...

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.

The discovery explains why most orange cats are male and why females with one copy of the gene develop calico or tortoiseshell coats. The study also suggests the orange gene may influence more than ...