It has been known for decades that it is genetics that gives orange tabby cats their distinctive colouring, but exactly where ...

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

Researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have pinpointed the X-linked mutation behind orange fur in house cats.

Scientists believe a gene mutation produces more orange fur in males and may also explain their friendly nature ...

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

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

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

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

Ginger cats - such as lasagne-loving Garfield ... With help from local vets, the researchers examined skin tissue from four calico cats and found that Arhgap36 was much more active in melanocytes ...

We know that because there are paintings that date to the 12th century where you see clear images of calico cats, so the mutation is quite old,' Dr Kaelin explained. So while ginger cats may be ...

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