Colouration in cats, humans and all mammals is caused by the presence of melanin, a compound in the skin which has two forms. One pigment (eumelanin) causes black and brown fur as well as dark ...

A special ginger cat named Henry has been stealing the hearts of thousands at a British hospital north of London after making it his second home for five years.

In ginger cats’ melanocytes, the cells responsible for color tones, the ARHGAP36 gene is much more active. 3 Professor Hiroyuki Sasaki, one of the lead scientists behind the study, started it as ...

The ginger gene for cats has finally been found and explains why 80 per cent are male. ... The team believes the mutation may steer pigment production from dark eumelanin to lighter pheomelanin, ...

The existence of orange cats dates back to at least the 12th century, ... So while there are other orange-colored mammals, the ginger cat is one of a kind.

Ginger cats are very much part of the collective imagination, whether through Garfield or Azrael in the Smurfs. But the scientific community has long been at a loss to explain the genetic mutation ...

Mr Green Genes, the cat that glows in the dark (right) and under normal conditions (left) By day he is just a normal tabby but when the lights go out this ginger cat glows in the dark.

The 37-year-old adopted a stray ginger cat and began performing with him But his mother has revealed how his stepfather ran off with his girlfriend By ABE HAWKEN FOR MAILONLINE ...

New research shows that ginger moggies are the top felines for cat owners as they're seen as friendly and lovable. Meanwhile white cats are seen as aloof and distant, tabbies are intolerant and ...

Call it a Dark and Stormy or a Dark 'n' Stormy, but this refreshing drink comprised of spicy ginger beer and dark rum was officially trademarked by Gosling's in 1991 as the Dark 'n Stormy.

Ginger cats are topping the temperament league tables as the cat owners' favourite, a new study has found. The research, by a team at the University of California, Berkeley, revealed that ginger ...