The modern world’s pet cats are products of a long process of domestication and trade. It began some 10,000 years ago in ...

N ew research suggests that domestic cats first appeared in China around 600 CE, likely arriving via the Silk Road trade ...

dating to 168 B.C. Markings on the cat's fur suggest it's a leopard cat, not a domestic cat. | Credit: Hunan Museum ...

There are only 5 true big cats – the lion, tiger, leopard, snow leopard, and jaguar. Cheetahs and cougars are in fact more closely related to domestic cats. Lions can take down the biggest prey ...

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...