Two new studies found that a small, missing piece of DNA located next to a specific protein resulted in orange fur coloration ...

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

cats with orange fur are both cultural icons and beloved pets. But their distinctive color comes with a genetic twist—most orange tabbies are male, while calicos and tortoiseshells are nearly ...

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 ...

In a new study, Stanford Medicine researchers have discovered the long-posited but elusive genetic mutation that makes orange cats orange—and it appears to occur in no other mammal. The finding ...

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

Orange cats are so goofy that people joke that the chaotic kitties share one communal brain cell. But most of these domestic felines — along with multicolored calicos and tortoiseshells ...

But one cat fur hue has stumped scientists for decades: orange. In house cats, orangeness appears to be sex-linked; it almost always occurs in males because of a mutation on the sex-determining X ...

Scientists have finally narrowed down on a long theorised elusive genetic mutation that makes orange cats so unique, unlike ...

Orange cat lovers rejoice! Scientists might not be convinced that “orange behavior” is really a thing, but after over a century of suspicion, they’ve finally pinpointed the genetic mutation ...

Many cats have very expressive eyes, too, but the orange cat in the TikTok video below has managed to take his blinks to the next level by using them to answer Mom's questions. On Sunday ...