Jiff the collie represents “shaded yellow,” one of five coat color patterns in domestic dogs identified by Danika Bannasch at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and collaborators in the U.S.

This Great Dane is impressing the Internet with her cuteness and unique coat pattern. The coat of this breed comes in ...

A team of geneticists and animal welfare specialists from the U.K. and one from the U.S. has identified the genetic mutation responsible for a newly discovered cat coat color pattern in Finland. In ...

A study published by Nature Ecology & Evolution shows that the distinctive coat patterns we recognize in today's favorite dog breeds aren't actually due to mutation and domesticated breedings, as ...

Bengal cats are one of America’s most popular exotic pets, behind bearded dragons, snakes, and lizards. Bengals are not often seen, as they are typically kept indoors. Before purchasing one of these ...

Some distinctive colour patterns on the furry coats of dogs came from an extinct canine ancestor that existed more than two million years ago, long before canines were domesticated, reveals a new ...

Scientists have unraveled the enigma of inheritance of coat color patterns in dogs. The researchers discovered that a genetic variant responsible for a very light coat in dogs and wolves originated ...

Dogs come in all shapes and sizes, but variations in color patterns provide some of their most distinctive characteristics. A newly released study sheds light on a subset of these patterns, ...