Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a ...

Two new studies found that a small, missing piece of DNA located next to a specific protein resulted in orange fur coloration ...

Scientists have confirmed that there is something unique about ginger-hued domestic felines. In a new study, Stanford ...

A newly discovered gene, Arhgap36, explains the rare orange coloring in cats and why most are male. It could have effects ...

Cats are arguably perfect. At least, evidence suggests that felines, which have evolved with minimal variation and maximal ...

Scientists at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan explained in a paper published last week that orange cats are missing a ...

This leads to the production of more red, orange or yellow pigment, which is incorporated into a cat's hair. This type of mutation is "very unusual," according to Barsh. "Most mutations ...