With their colorful splotches of fur, calicos are some of the most easily recognized cats. However, calico is not a breed, ...

Ah, the luxurious Maine Coon! Not only are they highly social, playful, affectionate, and intelligent, but they are also ...

Chameleons of the feline world, introducing: the Ragdoll and its wonderfully spectacular, multicolor coat! Ragdoll colors and ...

Domestic cats with their wide varieties of colors and fascinating cat fur patterns have a solid display of the variations of genetics and evolution. Such stunning diversity in fur patterns between ...

Barsh’s team now sees cat color-pattern production as a two-step process. First, skin cells determine if the tabby patterns will be dark or light. Then, hair follicles grow and make pigments.

Patterns of cat color also have names: Gandolf the cat is a single color; blue (really grey). So he's known as a blue solid. Tabbies are cats with stripes. Robin the cat is a Tortie.

Read more special coverage on National Cat Day: Meet the woman who owns over 1,000 cats The results say the most anti-social are likely tortoiseshell and calico cats — which have color patterns ...

How developing cats translate skin thickness to fur pigment is still “one of the big unanswered questions in our work—how to connect the process of pre-pattern formation to the process that ...

A tricolored calico cat (left) and a tortoiseshell cat. A Japanese research team has discovered a gene that determines the fur color patterns of the two breeds of cats.

Plus, new top 10s for Tate McRae, Kenya Grace, and cassö, RAYE & D-Block Europe. By Gary Trust Doja Cat’s “Paint the Town Red” tallies a fourth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 ...