If you're a fan of cats, you might have spent time at a cat cafe for fun or it's probably on your bucket list to check one out. Crumbs & Whiskers is a cat cafe with locations in LA and DC where people ...

It seems you're in good company. Veterinarians from the University of California, Davis, have discovered, in recently published research, that cats with calico and tortoiseshell coat patterns tend to ...

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 ...

On the cusp of Halloween, let’s celebrate orange cats! Like black cats, there’s not one single “orange cat breed” since coat color alone doesn’t count as a breed. In fact, many breeds come in a ...

With their colorful splotches of fur, calicos are some of the most easily recognized cats. However, calico is not a breed, but rather a color pattern. Any breed of domestic cat with a tri-color coat ...

Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat breeding, a genetic mutation gave rise to the first orange cat. Days ago, ...

Calico cats (left) and tortoiseshell cats (right) are the classic example of X chromosome inactivation, where either an orange color or a black color variant of a gene on the X chromosome is active in ...

For more than a century, the genetic secrets behind the vibrant orange coats of ginger cats and the intricate patterns of tortoiseshells have puzzled scientists and cat enthusiasts alike. Now, two ...