After hundreds of years evolving, cats have reached what scientists say is "perfect" genetic form," which sounds like ...

Tortoiseshell and calico cats are considered lucky in many cultures. In the U.S., calicos are called “money cats” and are ...

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 ...

It was established some 120 years ago that almost all calico cats are female and that the color-deciding factor was in the X chromosomes. About 60 years later, researchers discovered that one of ...

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.

A massive 3-D mikeneko (calico cat) has found a new lair on a screen set up on top of a building across from the station. The feline, a moving image projected on a 120-square-meter advertising ...