The ginger colour in cats’ coats has a curious link to being male or female. Now, scientists have finally pinpointed the gene ...

Oxford University scientists think the 'ginger gene', which is responsible for red hair, fair skin and freckles, could be up to 100,000 years old. They say their discovery points to the gene ...

Professor Jonathan Rees, of the University of Edinburgh, speaking at a series of seminars on hair in London yesterday, said the ginger gene may have had a significance throughout history.

"This was proposed by Neil B Todd almost 50 years ago in Scientific American, where he mapped the strong presence of the feline ginger gene on places that had Viking settlement in Europe and the UK.

Scientists have finally uncovered the genetic mutation responsible for the orange coloration in domestic cats, solving a ...

Couples who want to know if they could have ginger babies are being offered red hair-detecting DNA tests. Ginger gene carriers can have redhead babies, even if neither parent has red hair. According ...

My name is Ben and I am a ginger man – ginger and proud, you might say. Naturally, I was teased in my early life (my mother’s ...