"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new type of cat coat color has officially been discovered. Named salmiak, or ‘salty liquorice,’ the ...

Orange cats have a unique genetic mutation that gives them their special coats — and this mutation also explains why so many of them are male, two new studies find. Many animals have orange hair, ...

Sasaki said: “For example, many cat owners swear by the idea that different coat colours and patterns are linked with different personalities. “There’s no scientific evidence for this yet, but it’s an ...

A video of an oddly colored cat is causing a stir online as people debate whether its strange, patchwork coloration is just another type of calico cat or whether it is indicative of an even more rare ...

People have pretty strong feelings about the colors of a cat’s coat, and always have. They claim that cat coat colors have an effect on the animal’s personality—that ginger cats are dumb or seal point ...

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, ...

A new type of cat coat color has officially been discovered. Named salmiak, or ‘salty liquorice,’ the cats have hair strands ...

A new type of cat coat color has officially been discovered. Named salmiak, or ‘salty liquorice,’ the cats have hair strands that start out black, and become white the further they grown from the ...