Throughout history, felines have had a rather wild and intriguing journey. While one cat species has become domesticated, many others remain wild. Some have become extinct over time, while some ...

For decades, researchers have known that cats have a strong predatory instinct that doesn’t disappear even when they are well ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. “Cats were depicted in ancient Egyptian iconography as tabby ...

Two studies of ancient felines find that cats were likely domesticated in Egypt or other regions in North Africa — and moved into Europe with humans much later than previously believed. When you ...

A new study overturns previous findings that domestic cats originated thousands of years earlier. An African wildcat (Felis lybica) rests on a rock in Kruger National Park, South Africa. So far, ...

Domesticated cats may have arrived in the West much later than previously thought, according to new research published on Thursday. Cats began their relationship with humans quite early, with evidence ...

Even though cats were domesticated relatively recently, their relationship with us has already changed them in surprising ways. Sphinx catCats kept as pets, like this sphinx cat, likely will change ...

The international study, published in Science, analyzed 87 complete genomes from both ancient and modern felines to map how ...