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

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 ...

Although leopard cats and domesticated cats once coexisted in ancient Chinese settlements, their relationships with people ...

A new study finds that domestic cats originated from North African wildcats and reached Europe far more recently than previously thought.