Paleogeneticists, it turns out, find the small wildcat just as elusive as field biologists. Compared with other domesticated ...

Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat ...

The founders of MyLove Daily Cats rescue are on a mission to rehabilitate abandoned cats. Cheryl and Cory Garrett named the ...

By Petro Kotzé The Afro-Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica) is the world’s most widely distributed wildcat, but experts and information on the species are scarce. The species’ range is immense, stretching ...

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

Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The gene that causes orange coloration in cats had been pondered for years, but never actually found—until now. Cats with ...

The gene that causes orange coloration in cats had been pondered for years, but never actually found—until now. Cats with orange coats get them from a deletion (meaning a missing segment ...

A Santa Ana man who authorities said lured cats with food in order to violently beat them to death has been charged with animal cruelty and stealing a family’s pet. Alejandro Oliveros Acosta, 46 ...

The unconditional love of an animal is one of the greatest gifts. They fill a spot in your life, home and heart you didn’t know was empty. The SouthCoast has many animals looking to fill that ...

hair, and eye colors – known as melanocytes. Comparing the DNA from dozens of cats with and without orange fur, they noticed that those with orange coloring had a section of DNA code within the ...

When it comes to multi-cat homes, struggles can brew out of nowhere if one kitty claims a prime location when another wants it. This is what orange Tabby cats Felix and Penny are trying to work out.

Two independent research teams that published works simultaneously in Current Biology said they have identified the gene mutation that triggers the ginger hue in orange tabby cats. It’s a modification ...