Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

We used to assume bird flu was a risk solely for outdoor hunters, but new data suggests the virus is entering the home ...

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All domestic cats (Felis catus) are descended from the African wild cat In true feline style, cats took their time in deciding when and where to forge bonds with humans. According to new scientific ...

Instead of a soft, gentle purr, she lets loose a series of loud, trilling noises that sound more like a tiny, ferocious dinosaur than a sleepy house cat. The contrast is hilarious and oddly endearing.

TikToker @brunoleebora introduces us to a beautiful Scottish Straight cat named Bruno, who now holds the title of a proud big ...

A new study overturns previous findings that domestic cats originated thousands of years earlier. An African wildcat (Felis lybica) rests on a rock in Kruger National Park, South Africa. So far, ...

Cats have been on quite a journey from wild animal to undisputed ruler of millions of couches worldwide. A pair of new studies published on Thursday show that the road to cat domestication was far ...

In a small study, pet cats greeted male owners with more vocalizations than they did female caregivers. By Clarissa Brincat As he lectured on animal behavior, Kaan Kerman, an instructor in the ...

Cats seem to be succeeding at world domination; they live on every continent except Antarctica. While researchers know that modern-day house cats descended from the African wildcat (Felis lybica ...

If your cat suddenly seems stiffer, stretches less, or changes its resting place more frequently, bony remodeling processes ...

Brooks the cat might have used up a few of his nine lives during the five rainy, chilly days and nights he was stuck on top of a transmission pole in Northeast Hazel Dell. But the only thing that matt ...