M ost Tuxedo cats stick to the classic black and white look, like they’re dressed for a fancy dinner party. But this one? She ...

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 ...

Gen Z is feline this trend. “Calico hair” — a dye job inspired by the black, white, and orange patches that appear on calico cats — is suddenly all the rage with Zoomers looking to stand out from the ...

Researchers identified an unusual genetic mutation in orange domestic cats that has not been found in any other animal, according to a new study.

Most calico cats are female and males are extremely rare. In fact, given that 99.9% of all calico cats are female and only one in every 1,000 cats born is a standard calico, you can imagine how ...

Male calico cats are extremely rare, occurring in only about one in 3,000 male cat births due to a genetic anomaly that gives them an extra X chromosome.

The calico cat is one example of an important genetic process that is incredibly fascinating at the same time. Indeed, this complicated process still has a lot of unanswered questions. But, for now, ...

A calico cat needs two Xs, one with the genetic coding for the black color, and one with the orange. Provided that one X doesn’t dominate the other, genetics mandates that the cat will be orange ...

Calico cats are just a whole other breed when it comes to personalities. As a proud Calico mama I know this for a fact. Our Calico girl is just very much her own cat.

A calico cat named Patches had belonged to Josie Gower, one of the 23 people killed in the mudslides that hit Santa Barbara, Calif., in January 2018. Patches was thought to have died too.