The Maine Coon is one of the largest and most recognizable breeds of cats. Their fur is soft and thick which makes them ...

Orange cats have a unique genetic mutation that gives them their special coats — and this mutation also explains why so many of them are male, two new studies find. Many animals have orange hair, ...

Recently, butlers to orange-colored cats got a bit of a shock when reading the news, as headlines began to call out their fuzzy feline friends as ‘freaks of nature’ and using similarly uncouth terms.

Two teams of scientists at Kyushu University in Japan and Stanford University in California determined that ginger cats’ color comes down to a missing segment of their genetic code, according to their ...

Orange cats may be known for their silly behavior, but two new studies are a step closer to understanding "the why" behind the furry felines' coloring. Two independent studies published on May 15 by ...

An orange cat wants to make sure his human toddler sibling is always looking her best, especially when it comes to her hair. On October 16, 2024, TikTok user Lost in Space (@howardsmith1963) shared a ...

Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat breeding, a genetic mutation gave rise to the first orange cat. Days ago, ...

With their colorful splotches of fur, calicos are some of the most easily recognized cats. However, calico is not a breed, but rather a color pattern. Any breed of domestic cat with a tri-color coat ...