Q: What’s the difference between a tabby and a tiger cat? Is a tabby a purebred cat? A: Tabby is not a breed, but a coat pattern common among purebreds as well as mixed-breed cats, usually referred to ...

Like sunlight dancing on freshly fallen snow, the coats of chinchilla cats mesmerize feline enthusiasts the world over. Their ...

A genetic mutation determines whether a tabby cat is a mackerel (top row) or blotched (bottom row). (Image courtesy of Helmi Flick) Tabby may be a colloquial term for a female kitty, but it’s more ...

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, ...

A shiba inu, which has the “dominant yellow” coat phenotype described in the new research. Photo: Matt Cardy (Getty Images) A recent genetic analysis of dog coloration found that mutations in one gene ...

There’s pretty much no limit to the horse colors you’ll see in the equine world, as well as huge variety of coat patterns that make endless combinations possible. Equine coat color is determined by ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute colums from her archive. This one is from 2022. Q: What’s the difference between a tabby and a tiger cat? Is a tabby a ...