A hilarious video showing a cat owner capturing their ginger cat, Penny, taking a nap in the most unique way possible has ...

Stanford Medicine researchers discover mechanisms of sex-linked genetic mutation giving rise to ginger felines.

It is commonly believed that a ginger cat is more likely to cause trouble than other breeds but most feline fans might not realise that orange-coloured moggies are predominantly male. Scientists ...

Researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have pinpointed the X-linked mutation behind orange fur in house cats.

The ginger gene for cats has finally been found and explains why 80 per cent are male. For more than 100 years, scientists have suspected that the reason there are so many more male cats with ...

They discovered that ginger cats are missing a section of their genetic code, which means the cells responsible for their skin, eye and fur tone produce lighter colours. The breakthrough has ...

The "meow-tation" that gives ginger cats their distinct fur has been discovered. A small deletion in a gene on the X-chromosome lies behind the fiery coats of ginger tabbies and the splotchy ...

Still, he suspects the ginger cat stereotype is more about gender than genetics – most orange cats are male. “There are not many scientific studies of the personality of orange cats,” he noted.

Police patrols have increased in a part of east Belfast after a pet cat was found dead after being asphyxiated with a plastic bag. Rescue cat Toby, who was around five-years-old, was found by a ...