Discover the scientific breakthrough behind the signature orange fur in cats. Learn about the genetic factors that make the ...

Barsh and his colleagues saw that all 145 orange cats they studied, as well as 6 calico and tortoiseshell cats (which also ...

Orange and tortoiseshell house cats (torties) have long been an enigma for hair coloration in mammals: now, the genetic basis ...

Two new, preliminary papers identify a gene related to a cat’s coloration. The work also explains why tortoiseshell and ...

Orange cats are just cats, but if you ask anyone who's lucky enough to have one, they'll swear that the orange-ness makes a ...

Now, two studies have finally identified the genetic key to this mystery, solving a puzzle first theorized in 1912. The studies, conducted independently by Japanese and American research teams, have ...

Independent research teams from the US and Japan have been looking into the genetic mutation responsible for the colour of so ...

Orange and tortoiseshell house cats (torties) have long been an enigma for hair coloration in mammals: now, the genetic basis of their distinctive coat color has been unveiled. Orange isn't the ...

The Miami Heat star shot down the notion of his hair color changes being tied to any subliminal messaging Thursday.

After a century of research, scientists have finally found what is responsible for the coat color of domesticated orange cats ...