They say cats have nine lives. But ginger cats must have at least ninety. With all the wild, silly, and totally unpredictable ...

If it wasn’t immediately obvious that the lazy, lasagne-eating Garfield was a tom cat ... black and brown fur as well as dark skin tones whereas another (pheomelanin) creates a reddish hue ...

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

Scientists have identified the genetic mutation responsible for the ginger coloration in domestic cats —a phenomenon never observed in mammals.

So while there are other orange-colored mammals, the ginger cat is one of a kind ... produce lighter features instead of the default brown or black fur color – which presents as orange in ...

Scientists have finally solved the greatest feline mystery of our time: Why is it, exactly, that some cats are orange? Two separate research teams have detailed the answer in two studies published ...

If a female cat inherits one orange and one black gene, they develop patchy or mottled coats that is seen in calicos and tortoiseshells. "These ginger and black patches form because, early in ...

So, female cats are more likely to have a mixed coloring, usually including orange with black patches ... A common joke among ginger cat owners is that all the orange cats in the world share ...

The ginger gene for cats has finally been found ... influencing more than just coat colour. “For example, many cat owners swear by the idea that different coat colours and patterns are linked ...

All Ginger Kitty wants is a warm bed and some gentle chin rubs. Photo grab from Humane Society for Hamilton County (Indiana)'s Facebook A sweetheart of a senior cat is on the lookout for a new ...

Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat breeding ... orange or red coloration instead of the usual brown and black. Researchers from Brown University, the Frederick National ...