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 ...

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 ...

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.

where different patches of fur may be orange, black, and white. This happens because in female cats, one of the two X chromosomes in each cell is randomly inactivated, leading to a patchwork ...