What makes orange cats orange? For over 60 years, scientists have been searching for the answer. Researchers from Japan have ...

Scientists from Kyushu University have identified the long-sought “orange gene” behind ginger fur in domestic cats—a deletion ...

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

Scientists have confirmed that there is something unique about ginger-hued domestic felines. In a new study, Stanford ...

A Stanford-led study has identified a mutation on the X chromosome that causes orange fur in cats. The mutation switches on ...