The earliest directly dated wildcat (Felis silvestris) ever found in Ireland has been identified, confirming the species ...

Through us, cats have conquered the world, living almost everywhere humans do. Yet, we’ve never fully understood how they ...

Domestic cats only started appearing in Europe about 2,000 years ago, much later than previously believed, and with a ...

That contented calico purring away on the sofa may be the product of a human-feline friendship extending 9,500 years or more into the past. While ancient Egypt provides the first written record of ...

New genomic evidence traces domestic cats back to North Africa — and shows they only arrived in Europe around 2,000 years ago ...

The domestic cat has a long, complex and uncertain history. Ancient DNA is making its origin story clearer.

FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - We know that the domestic cat has distant relatives that roam the earth - lions, tigers, cheetahs and mountain lions. Less familiar are the 38 distinct species in the ...

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

Despite the ubiquity of cats in modern homes, we still don't know many details about the timing and routes of early cat ...

Given the subjective nature of the question, there may never be an answer as to whether dogs or cats make better pets. But in all likelihood, dogs were domesticated long before cats—that is, if cats ...