Domestic cats are some of the most beloved pets in the world. Their mysterious nature, grace and unique character make them special human companions. However, for these pets to remain healthy and live ...

From ancient deserts to modern living rooms, science suggests that a cat’s dislike of water may be deeply rooted in evolution ...

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

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were wild cats.

Orange cats have a unique genetic mutation that gives them their special coats — and this mutation also explains why so many of them are male, two new studies find. Many animals have orange hair, ...

How did cats evolve into so many different species, like tigers, lions, and domestic cats? A new study has explored cat evolution through the ages, comparing cat genomes to shed light on why complex ...

About 10,000 years ago in an area of the Middle East known as the Fertile Crescent, humans began to settle as farmers in the earliest civilization. There, they formed close ties with cats, animals ...

Cats may not have nine lives, as the myth goes, but they do have 38 chromosomes. And a team led by a former UC Davis professor is trying to understand those genes by sequencing a lot of cats - 99 cats ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new type of cat coat color has officially been discovered. Named salmiak, or ‘salty liquorice,’ the ...

A video of an oddly colored cat is causing a stir online as people debate whether its strange, patchwork coloration is just another type of calico cat or whether it is indicative of an even more rare ...

When a woman decided to take in a pregnant cat found living in a Walmart car park, she began to wonder what had happened to her tail. Justine, a feline fosterer, noticed the ginger cat had a "short ...