Two genetic analyses suggest that our feline friends reached China around 1,400 years ago via the Silk Road, and that they ...

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, ...

Learn why purrs say more about a cat's identity than its meows, and how domestication forever changed the way cats ...

Throughout history, felines have had a rather wild and intriguing journey. While one cat species has become domesticated, many others remain wild. Some have become extinct over time, while some ...

A new study by researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the University of Naples Federico II shows a domestic cat's purr reveals far more about its individual identity than its meow.

The domestic cat is one of the smallest members of the family Felidae — the group that includes lions, tigers, jaguars and cougars. It is also the only member of that family that has been domesticated ...

(Reuters) -Whether they are a Siamese, Persian, Maine Coon, or Domestic Shorthair, there are hundreds of millions of cats ...

Even though cats were domesticated relatively recently, their relationship with us has already changed them in surprising ways. Sphinx catCats kept as pets, like this sphinx cat, likely will change ...

The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.

A study has revealed that domestic cats first arrived in China approximately 1,300 years ago. According to the South China ...

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