A&L's newest column by Isabella Saracco revisits popular children's literature that you might have forgotten. Her first deep dive: "Warrior Cats" and why it's more alive than ever.

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Meet Leon, a big, handsome tabby who was found lying on a towel in a parking lot. The Ingham County Animal Control and Shelter believes Leon was an indoor cat who found… ...

Spay-and-neuter clinics also contributed tissue after surgically sterilizing feral cats. The scientists sequenced the genomes from 200 out of 3,000 collected samples of orange cat DNA with non ...

There are some characteristics to look for. Cats.com shares, "Though each orange tabby is different, tabbies in general have specific characteristics that are easily identified.

The scientists found that in orange cats' melanocytes – the pigmentation cells – the gene ARHGAP36 was more active, and all had the missing piece of code.

Researchers identified an unusual genetic mutation in orange domestic cats that has not been found in any other animal, according to a new study.

Male cats, on the other hand, only have one X chromosome, and are therefore much more likely to evenly express that mutation. Whether orange or not, all fur pigmentation genes are X-linked.

Researchers in the United States and Japan have discovered the genetic basis for ginger cats' orange fur. The ARHGAP36 gene is responsible for this unique coloration. A missing DNA segment in this ...

Approximately 80% of orange cats are males, including the four orange cats owned by the Short Wave team. Scientists have long suspected that orange color was a sex-linked trait — hiding ...

Citations C. B. Kaelin et al. Molecular and genetic characterization of sex-linked orange coat color in the domestic cat. Current Biology. Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.04 ...

They knew from the preponderance of male orange cats that the mutation—dubbed sex-linked orange—was somewhere on the X chromosome. (As in most mammals, females have XX while males have XY sex ...