Tortoiseshell cats are named for their mottled color pattern resembling a turtle shell. Most are female, similar to calicos, making male tortoiseshells rare and special. Your tortie cat deserves a ...

Tortoiseshell cats are beautiful creatures affectionally called “torties.” Best known as “the divas of the cat world,” this particular kind of cat hides surprising facts within its unique multicolor ...

VOORHEES -- A New Jersey veterinarian crossed a rare find off her bucket list this week after discovering a male tortoiseshell cat in a litter of abandoned kittens brought in by local Good Samaritans.

Never heard of this one? Domestic cat breeding has led us to felines with “colorpoint” patterns, which is when the body of the cat is a lighter color, then it has darker coloring around the ears, paws ...

People have pretty strong feelings about the colors of a cat’s coat, and always have. They claim that cat coat colors have an effect on the animal’s personality—that ginger cats are dumb or seal point ...

Just like humans, domestic cats are often judged by their color, and the media and folklore help perpetuate these stereotypes. Take the snobbish, aloof, white kitty who promotes "Fancy Feast," and ...

Veterinary experts found that a cat's level of aggressiveness towards humans may be determined by its fur color. Tortoiseshell and white felines have long been observed as having anti-social behaviors ...

Just like humans, domestic cats are often judged by their color, and the media and folklore help perpetuate these stereotypes. Take the snobbish, aloof, white kitty who promotes "Fancy Feast," and ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

Cats are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you might get when it comes to their personalities. Some kitties purr affectionately as you stroke their bellies and others sing like songbirds ...