A research team led by Professor Luo Shujin from the School of Life Sciences has uncovered a surprising chapter in the ...

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

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

Leopard cats were living alongside people in ancient China for more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived from Europe ...

The leopard was chasing the cat to prey upon when the felines fell into a well. However, after realizing the situation, the leopard decided to leave its intended prey alone. At a point, the cat even ...

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 ...

SANDSTONE, Minn. — The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone will take in eight new Asian leopard cats, after they were found living in "deplorable conditions" in Texas. The owner of the cats died, and the U ...

DEBRECEN, Hungary (Reuters) - A seven-week-old leopard cat born in a Hungarian zoo was allowed out for the first time on Friday to enjoy the spring sunshine but he will have to wait a while before he ...

"I think not only us but also the animals feel that our life has changed," said one zoo spokesperson Benjamin VanHoose is a Staff Editor on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He has written about ...

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

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The never before seen species Prionailurus kurteni is based on fossils (right) found in a cave in ...