The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.

The contemporary house cats (Felis catus) in China came into the picture much later. Descendants of the African wildcat ( ...

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

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

One of the first decisions you’ll make for your new pet leopard gecko is to determine its name. Sure, they don’t quite recognize their names in the same way cats and dogs do, but choosing an ...

Recent genetic analysis challenges long-held belief about the origins of domestic cats from the Levant and their arrival in ...