Your orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studies Cats are ...

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

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a genetic mutation on the X chromosome of orange, calico and tortoiseshell ...

From Tama, Japan's most famous stationmaster calico cat, to the lasagna-loving, ginger Garfield, cats with orange fur are ...

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

Dude, the orange superstar cat from Wilmington that charmed the world in a viral ... including one of several children's ...

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 ...