Garfield, star of the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Davis in 1978, is, like many of the cats that roam our homes, ...

Orange cats have earned an online reputation for being chaotic, energetic rascals. But among scientists, they’ve long been ...

orange and white, or a tortoiseshell's marbling of orange scattered through black fur. A tortoiseshell cat. (Yosei G/Unsplash) Both teams confirmed the mutation responsible for orange fur is on ...

In most other mammals, like dogs, sheep, rabbits, and horses, mutations in a protein called Mc1r lead to red hair color, but ...

This means that when we see a bicolor (black/orange) or tricolor (black/orange/white) cat, or one of its more diluted versions, we know that it must be a female, and its pigmentation pattern will ...

Scientists noticed that most cats with multicolor coats, like calicos or tortoiseshells, are female. This led them to believe that the genes for orange and black fur are on the X chromosome.

After all, an orange cat can be produced from the same parents as a black or calico kitty. My tuxedo can has a flame-point brother, and their mom is a calico tabby. All of which is to say cat coat ...