How the evolution of domestic cats traces the history of colonization A new study puts a date on when humans domesticated cats — and peculiarly, their history seems to follow ours ...

The first appearance of domestic cats in Ancient Egypt was painted around 1950 BCE. Throughout the centuries that followed, ...

Cats developed meows for communicating with people, so how do they "talk" to each other? As it turns out, they use 276 different facial expression.

European Wildcat The European wildcat is the smallest of Europe’s cats and is a subspecies of the African wildcat, which is thought to be the ancestor of domestic breeds.

Researchers have uncovered new information about the history of cat evolution explaining how cats evolved into different species and shedding light on how different genetic changes in cats relate to ...

Unlike their wild counterparts, domesticated cats evolved to live in groups, despite their seemingly solitary nature. New research may help explain why.

The biggest and perhaps most fearsome of the world's big cats, the tiger shares 95.6 percent of its DNA with humans' cute and furry companions, domestic cats.

Researchers comparing the genomes of domestic cats with that of wild felines reveal the genetic underpinnings of domestication. It appears that the conversion from feral to Friskies had to do with ...

The boldest cats entered huts and perhaps allowed themselves to be petted – kittens are adorable! – and, voilà, the domestic cat was born. Egyptian mummified cat.