Life at sea used to depend on more than just sailors and supplies. Ships often had cats on board, and they weren’t there for company. On crowded wooden vessels, rats and mice could ruin food, chew ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Naval Institute Mariners worldwide are renown for their tall tales: "never trust a sailor on dry land," says the old adage.

Cats have been on ships for almost as long as humans have been going to sea, and sailors have been largely responsible for spreading cats across the globe. Ancient Egyptian tomb paintings depict cats ...

When we think of World War I and World War II, images of soldiers, trenches, air raids and blackouts come to mind. But hidden within these stories of conflict is a quieter, often forgotten presence: ...

Cats have lived alongside humans for thousands of years, and the remains of two domestic felines found in a nearly 500-year-old Spanish shipwreck likely represent the earliest example of the animal in ...