Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

When looking at the cat remains that were thought to have arrived to the West about 6,000 years ago, the researchers realized they were looking at European wild cats, not domesticated cats, which ...

Archaeologist and anthropologist Jerry Moore reviews the findings that explain a relationship marked first by fear and then ...

If you’ve ever lived with a cat, you know they’re often an enigma. That said, scientists may have solved an enduring mystery about these lovable felines—with answers that could narrow down when cats ...

A new study by researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the University of Naples Federico II shows a domestic ...

Cats have been on quite a journey from wild animal to undisputed ruler of millions of couches worldwide. A pair of new studies published on Thursday show that the road to cat domestication was far ...

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 ...

Although leopard cats and domesticated cats once coexisted in ancient Chinese settlements, their relationships with people were different.

3,500 years ago, cats started showing up in Egyptian paintings on tomb walls and in sculptures and carvings. Not only were they abundant in these representations, but it was very clear that they were ...

To reduce their impacts on native species, feral cats have been added to New Zealand's list of animals targeted for ...