Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute colums from her archive. This one is from 2022. Q: What’s the difference between a tabby and a tiger cat? Is a tabby a ...

On the cusp of Halloween, let’s celebrate orange cats! Like black cats, there’s not one single “orange cat breed” since coat color alone doesn’t count as a breed. In fact, many breeds come in a ...

Tabby cats are often mistaken as a breed, but the word “tabby” refers to a distinct fur pattern that looks like a letter “M” on the cat’s forehead and involves bold stripes across the feline’s body.

You ended up on this story because you are curious about orange cat breeds. If you have a ginger kitty, consider yourself lucky. These marmelade beauties are super-cute and there is so much to admire ...

From where does a tabby cat get its stripes? The same place cheetahs get their spots. A new study finds the same gene that is responsible for the cheetah's color patterns causes a tabby's stripes.

NEW YORK — How does a tabby cat earn its stripes? With the right DNA. Scientists say they’ve found the gene that sets the common tabby pattern — stripes or blotches. It’s one of several genes that ...

NEW YORK - Scientists say they’ve found the gene that sets the common tabby cat pattern - stripes or blotches. It’s one of several genes that collaborate to create the distinctive design of a cat’s ...

Each strand of hair on my tabby cat has a series of colours along its length. How does each follicle produce a hair that changes colour as it grows? Tyler Jordan, a Canadian PhD student in the College ...

Q: What’s the difference between a tabby and a tiger cat? Is a tabby a purebred cat? A: Tabby is not a breed, but a coat pattern common among purebreds as well as mixed-breed cats, usually referred to ...