Cats don’t follow rules, they knock them off the counter. These funny cat memes are proof that our feline friends are weird, dramatic, and somehow always right. If you’ve ever been personally ...

Male cats with an orange X chromosome will be orange, whereas females need to inherit this trait on both of their chromosomes to be completely orange. Marlin, a 2-year-old orange cat available for ...

Orange Cat Carries Around Tiny Stuffed Animal in His Likeness and It's Too Sweet originally appeared on PetHelpful. Just like kids, sometimes our pets have security blankies or toys they carry ...

They’re chaotic, cuddly, clingy—and somehow, always up to something. If you’ve ever met an orange cat, chances are you've been left wondering: What is wrong with them? From viral memes to real-life ...

Scientists uncover a unique gene variant responsible for orange cat fur, revealing a novel pigmentation mechanism exclusive to felines.

Sasaki believes that when a mutated ARHGAP36 is expressed as orange fur in cats, the missing part of the gene would have suppressed orange coloration had it been present.

Orange cat behavior. ARHGAP36 is active throughout the body, including in the brain and hormonal glands, so it's possible the sex-linked orange mutation affects orange cats in other ways, too.

Furry felines: We know why cats knead.But here's why humans love it so much. Why are orange cats orange? Here's what researchers found. Both studies found that a small missing piece of DNA code ...

Chris Kaelin, a geneticist at Stanford Medicine, found himself thinking about cats. Not just any cats, but the loud, lovable, and often male ones streaked in unmistakable marmalade. These orange ...

Many an orange cat-affiliated human will vouch for their cat's, let's say, specialness. But now scientists have confirmed that there is, in fact, something unique about ginger-hued domestic felines.