Tortoiseshell cats are beautiful creatures affectionally called “torties.” Best known as “the divas of the cat world,” this particular kind of cat hides surprising facts within its unique multicolor ...

Never heard of this one? Domestic cat breeding has led us to felines with “colorpoint” patterns, which is when the body of the cat is a lighter color, then it has darker coloring around the ears, paws ...

When I was last at the shelter, I noticed the beautiful array of coat colors and patters on our felines. I wondered what change in genetic makeup determines a predisposition for a tortoiseshell cat or ...

How do tabby cats get their stripes? We know that domestic cats have different colours of fur because their hair follicles produce different types of the pigment melanin, but until now the genetic ...

VOORHEES -- A New Jersey veterinarian crossed a rare find off her bucket list this week after discovering a male tortoiseshell cat in a litter of abandoned kittens brought in by local Good Samaritans.