Even so, the tortoiseshell cat's well-timed yowls are impossible not to laugh at. She knows exactly when her mom is talking to her (and laughing at her), and she doesn't like it one bit!

This had to be one of the weirder things the cat dad has ever seen. Peanut was on top of the French Bulldog's back and had her little tortoiseshell arms wrapped around his neck. It looked like she ...

In 2015, the University of California, Davis published research that identified a link between a cat’s ornery disposition and ‘torties,’ or cats with an eclectic black, brown, and red coat.

Ember peers upwards as she sits on the floor at home. The tortoiseshell cat had a hilarious reaction to her owner's parents coming to stay, and it has now gone viral. Ember peers upwards as she ...

Tortoiseshell cats are often said to have a strong-willed attitude (sometimes referred to as “tortitude”). Black cats are “smarter”, if social media is to be believed.

A deletion at the X-linked ARHGAP36 gene locus is associated with the orange coloration of tortoiseshell and calico cats. Current Biology . Published online May 15, 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2025. ...

The kitten was discovered to be an intersex male tortoiseshell cat, the Humane Society of Central Oregon said in a June 6 Facebook post. “It was like spotting a unicorn!” the humane society ...

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 ...