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FUKUOKA, Japan — What makes orange cats orange? For over 60 years, scientists have been searching for the answer. Now, researchers from Japan have figured it out, and their discovery also explains why ...

Nine thousand years ago, humans began domesticating cats. Nine hundred years ago, before the advent of intentional cat breeding, a genetic mutation gave rise to the first orange cat. Days ago, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some cats are orange. Some cats are Calico. Some cats look like they got dressed up for a formal event. And then there’s this ...

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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 ...