The gene that causes orange coloration in cats had been pondered for years, but never actually found—until now. Cats with ...

Your orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studies Cats are ...

Meowza! Nothing draws your attention like an adorable orange cat. Orange cat breeds for the win! Even if you’re not a cat ...

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

Scientists at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan explained in a paper published last week that orange cats are missing a ...

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

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a ...

“For more than a century, orange coat color in cats has been recognized as an exception to the genetic rules that explain ...

Researchers in the United States and Japan have discovered the genetic basis for ginger cats' orange fur. The ARHGAP36 gene ...

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

Researchers already had a rough idea of where in the cat genome to look: the X chromosome. That’s because the vast majority ...

A newly discovered gene, Arhgap36, explains the rare orange coloring in cats and why most are male. It could have effects ...