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, ...

A UK cat named Flossie turned 30 on December 29, extending her Guinness World Record as the oldest living cat on Earth. Cats Protection/Guinness World Records Did she combine all her nine lives? An ...

An elusive wild cat long feared extinct in Thailand has been rediscovered three decades after the last recorded sighting, conservation authorities and an NGO said Friday. Flat-headed cats are among ...

It seems cats may prefer to be around women rather than men, at least according to research led by a team from Ankara University in Turkey. Their findings were based on video footage captured by 31 ...

Feeling as if you're man doesn't listen? Cats might agree. A new study shows that they meow more when greeting men than women who return home. Research published in the journal Ethology found that ...

Cats are popular pets. Last week, my college-aged son resumed his annual campaign to get him a kitten. We finally caved. The Shepherd household is now the proud owner of a cute kitten named Nova. We ...

As many cat owners will testify, their pets are often mysterious creatures, independent, cunning and sometimes aloof. And now it appears that when it comes to communication, they might be playing ...

The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA is helping to fill in the blanks, and the findings shake up ...

The cats were likely following migrating humans, researchers said. Domesticated cats may have arrived in the West much later than previously thought, according to new research published on Thursday.

Cats have taken quite a journey from wild animal to undisputed ruler of millions of couches worldwide. Scientists long knew the broad outlines of that journey. As humans settled into agriculture and ...

If you’ve ever lived with a cat, you know they’re often an enigma. That said, scientists may have solved an enduring mystery about these lovable felines—with answers that could narrow down when cats ...

Genetic evidence has revealed that domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe and East Asia in the past 2000 years, more recently than previously thought. Domestic cats (Felis catus ...