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

Egyptian cats are among the most ancient cat breeds. Egypt is one of the places of origin for domesticated cats. Wildcat species in Egypt date back as far as 1500 B.C. Cats are among the most ...

When the Romans brought Egyptian cats to Europe, they didn’t just import great pest control—they also carried the lingering ...

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

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

Eventually, some ancient Egyptians likely welcomed the cats home as adorable pet companions, they say. The domestication and spread of animals driven by cults is not uncommon. For instance, previous ...

“One idea is to study ancient Egyptian cat paintings – or even to test DNA from mummified cats – to see if any cats back then were orange,” said Sasaki. “It’s ambitious, but I’m ...

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

But that idea was shaken by the discovery of a more-than 9,000-year-old grave on the island of Cyprus, where a cat was buried alongside a human. The age of the burial predates any known Egyptian ...