Black cats, take note: Beware of people crossing your path. They're likely to bring bad luck. According to a UC Berkeley study, black cats are unfairly stereotyped and far less likely than their ...

Black cats are still less likely to be adopted from a shelter than their more colourful counterparts. ... That’s right, if your cat has tabby stripe genes and enjoys soaking up the sunshine, ...

Black cats are considered bad luck in most Western cultures and have been associated with witchcraft for centuries. ... “We don’t yet know why the tiger gets its stripes,” Menotti-Raymond said.

Previous research suggested there were three main determinants for the color of a cat — whether it’s solid-colored black or tawny, striped/tabby, or spotted, which is very rare in American cats.

Cats with narrow stripes, the so-called 'mackerel' pattern, have a working copy of the gene. But if a mutation turns the gene off, the cat ends up with the blotchy 'classic' pattern, researchers said.

Domestic cats often resemble their larger, wilder counterparts — with black, striped or tawny fur that presumably helps the big hunters blend into the landscape. For scientists, the genes involved in ...

Did Mass Cat Killings Help Spread the Black Death in the Middle Ages? The idea originated with a 13th-century pope who accused devil-worshippers of kissing cats' hindquarters.