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

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

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

Two separate research teams have detailed the answer in two studies published Thursday in the journal Current Biology.

The lost link in a gene called ARHGAP36 makes it so that the cells in orange felines produce lighter colors for their skin, eyes, and fur tone. In ginger cats’ melanocytes, the cells responsible for ...

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

Scientists have uncovered a decades long mystery behind the unique color of Garfield, Puss in Boots, and Aristocats' Toulouse ...

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

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

Still, he suspects the ginger cat stereotype is more about gender than genetics – most orange cats are male. “There are not many scientific studies of the personality of orange cats,” he noted.