If you have never heard the unearthly noise of Canada lynxes in the forest, check out this extraordinary YouTube clip. It sounds like a pair of domestic cats having a disagreement in a backyard—only ...
Despite the ubiquity of cats in modern homes, we still don't know many details about the timing and routes of early cat ...
Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in ...
Despite living alongside house cats for more than 2,000 years, Scottish wildcats ignored the felines as potential breeding partners for centuries. But in just the last 70 or so years, the two groups ...
There are thought to be more than 94 million cats in the US alone. Researchers have now improved the reference genome sequence for the domestic cat (Felis catus), which may help improve their care.