While you've likely heard of common cat coat types such as tabby and calico, you may not have heard of the torbie. Here's ...

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

Owning a male tortoiseshell cat is like owning a piece of feline treasure — but it can come with a high price, both financially and emotionally. These remarkable cats are celebrated for their ...

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 ...

Conversely, calico or tortoiseshell cats are usually female – the female’s extra X chromosome allows the possibility of her receiving both a black and orange gene. 1. https://be.chewy.com ...