Birman cats are distinctive due to their pointed coat, which has four main colors: seal, blue, chocolate, and lilac. However, some cat associations and councils accept other colors such as red and ...

Pet cats in the U.K. had an average life expectancy of 11.7 years at birth, the study found. On the whole, crossbred cats lived about 1.5 years longer than purebred ones. Burmese and Birman cats ...

Birman cats were among the longest-lived cats in a recent study on breed life expectancies. Shirlaine Forrest/Getty Images For this recent study, researchers from London's Royal Veterinary College ...