A new study by researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the University of Naples Federico II shows a domestic ...

The scientists found that the wildcats lived alongside humans for some 3,500 years—but despite all that time, they were a ...

All modern cats are descended from the African wildcat but how and when they became pampered pets has been a question ...

When looking at the cat remains that were thought to have arrived to the West about 6,000 years ago, the researchers realized ...

If you’ve ever lived with a cat, you know they’re often an enigma. That said, scientists may have solved an enduring mystery ...

3,500 years ago, cats started showing up in Egyptian paintings on tomb walls and in sculptures and carvings. Not only were they abundant in these representations, but it was very clear that they were ...

An unrelated species of small cat lived in human settlements thousands of years before domestic cats, say scientists.

Crucially, these findings contradict a long-standing theory that domestication in Europe occurred much earlier – some 6,000 ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

What is a Chausie cat? Chausie cats are intelligent, friendly pets with striking features. They get some of their looks, as well as their name, from the jungle cat (felis chaus). Ancient Egyptians ...

Although leopard cats and domesticated cats once coexisted in ancient Chinese settlements, their relationships with people ...