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

Two separate groups studying the mysterious case of the orange cat coat came to the same conclusion: the orange color happens ...

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

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 ...

New research reveals the century-old genetic mystery behind orange and calico cats' distinctive coat patterns.

Two new studies found that a small, missing piece of DNA located next to a specific protein resulted in orange fur coloration ...

A newly discovered gene, Arhgap36, explains the rare orange coloring in cats and why most are male. It could have effects ...

Researchers have discovered how orange cats got their coats — and why so many of them are male. The coat color comes from a ...

What makes orange cats orange? For over 60 years, scientists have been searching for the answer. Researchers from Japan have ...

Scientists have finally uncovered the secret behind why some cats have that beautiful orange fur. In a recent study, researchers at Stanford Medicine identified a unique genetic mutation that makes ...

Any male cat with the mutation dubbed “sex-linked orange” will be entirely orange due to a random deletion of a section of ...

Approximately 80% of orange cats are males, including the four orange cats owned by the Short Wave team. Scientists have long ...