Researchers are revisiting the origins of humanity’s relationship with the African wildcat, a species that once lived on the ...

Researchers have found that domestic cats “did not spread to Europe with Neolithic farmers [in West Asia]” as earlier ...

Alley Cat Rescue is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the welfare of all cats: domestic, stray, abandoned, feral, and small wildcat species. ACR advocates for humane nonlethal ...

Alley Cat Rescue's African Wildcat Conservation Programme has achieved a remarkable milestone, sterilising over 15 000 domestic and hybrid cats since 2018. This crucial effort aims to protect the ...

Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...

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

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 ...

Contrary to popular belief, domestic cats arrived in Europe much later, around 2,000 years ago, from North Africa, not with ...

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

A research team led by Professor Luo Shujin from the School of Life Sciences has uncovered a surprising chapter in the ...

A new analysis suggests that the modern domestic cat (Felis catus) originated from the North African wildcat (Felis lybica lybica), which crossed into Europe about 2,000 years ago. This claim challeng ...