fur – The Loh Down On Science

Orange Cats

July 31, 2025 Garnet Phinney

All hail, King Garfield the First! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What exactly makes an orange cat… orange? Why are they gingers? Are they IRISH? To find the answer… let’s go to JAPAN… and meet Hidehiro Toh and team at Kyushu University. They compared

Striped Safety

August 6, 2024 Paula Gardner

Making a STINK about safety? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Skunks have a bold way to ward off predators: they SMELL! If a predator doesn’t take the hint from their warning stripes, they get sprayed! Does that mean certain stripe patterns are better at