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

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

Cat owners often joke that their pets know them better than anyone and new research suggests that might be truer than we ...

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

Leopard cats were living alongside people in ancient China for more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived from Europe ...

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