Now, researchers have identified the gene that is behind these patterns. Analysis of skin samples from cat embryos at different stages of development helped experts from the HudsonAlpha Institute for ...

Loved by Kate Moss, Alexa Chung and Jacqueline Kennedy (the real fur coat she wore in the Sixties is said to have helped spark the mass trend), leopard print brings a much needed frisson of intrigue ...

Kipling would have us believe that the leopard got its spots to hide in the ‘stripy, speckly, patchy-blatchy shadows’ of the African forest. But the reality behind the big cat’s distinctive coat is ...

From leopard to zebra and cow prints, animal patterns are back this winter. Here’s how to style them effortlessly without ...