The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA is helping to fill in the blanks, and the findings shake up ...

Researchers looking into the origin of domestic cats have long considered that cats likely accompanied early farmers during the Neolithic, spreading through Europe alongside the adoption of ...

The domestic cat is one of the smallest members of the family Felidae — the group that includes lions, tigers, jaguars and cougars. It is also the only member of that family that has been domesticated ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Beginning Friday, the Field Museum of Natural History will be featuring an exhibit all about cats—those that meow and purr, those that roar, and everything in between. "Cats: ...

DEAR CHARLIE ROSE: You are thinking like a scientist! Dogs and wolves share a common ancestor — who is yet to be discovered — but that ancestor definitely has “wolfish” attributes. As for cats, they ...

Baba the cat is both storyteller and photographic model in what is perhaps the most unique cat history book ever published Rachel Nuwer Writer and photographer Paul Koudounaris' new book, A Cat's Tale ...