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

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

Whether they are a Siamese, Persian, Maine Coon, or Domestic Shorthair, there are hundreds of millions of cats living with ...

Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in ...

Living deep in the tropical rainforests of Central and Western Africa, the golden cat is so sneaky, no one knows how many ...

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

Once cats became associated with people, they were moved around the world, prized as ship cats and pest controllers. Cats ...

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 ...

Cats are among the most common pets worldwide, but a rare golden cat discovered in Africa by conservationist and biologist ...

New DNA studies show domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread later than believed, while ancient China lived ...

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

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