I have a soft spot in my heart for mama cats. After all I adopted my own beloved cat soon after she gave birth in a friend’s ...

The "tiny," one-pound kitten, named Cinder, is a "male tortoiseshell ... "tens of thousands of cat surgeries" throughout her career — and "only seen one other male calico and only a handful ...

A dilute tortoiseshell cat is the rare result of feline genetics. From their muted coloring to their warm and sometimes sassy personalities, each dilute tortie is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.

The owner of the "world's oldest cat" says her unusually long lifespan is down to "lots of treats", "cuddles on the sofa" - and one other premium item. Tortoiseshell Millie was adopted by Paula ...

An animal shelter in Ohio is speaking out after it rescued newborn kittens and their mom who were left abandoned in the woods ...

Like humans, cats with light or white coats are at an increased risk of developing sunburn-especially on their ears, eyelids, and nose. Unlike allegedly unlucky black cats, all-white cats symbolize ...

A prime example of X inactivation is in the coat-color patterning of tortoiseshell or calico cats (Figure 1). In cats, the fur pigmentation gene is X-linked, and depending on which copy of the X ...