From the spotted Egyptian Mau to the elegant Turkish Angora, these are the oldest breeds that still exist today ...

From the spotted Egyptian Mau to the elegant Turkish Angora, these are the oldest cat breeds that still exist today ...

In true feline form, cats took their time deciding whether to jump into humans’ laps. In a new comprehensive study of the spread of domesticated cats, DNA analysis suggests that cats lived for ...

Instead, the researchers suggest that cat domestication occurred in Africa — either in Egypt or another northern area of the continent, such as modern-day Morocco or Tunisia. Their analysis ...

Researchers already knew that domestic cats (Felis catus) descended from African wildcats (Felis lybica). However, the exact time and place of their domestication remain hotly debated. The latest ...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, right, meets with his German counterpart Johann Wadephul, at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, June 13, 2025.

Two studies of ancient felines find that cats were likely domesticated in Egypt or other regions in North Africa — and moved into Europe with humans much later than previously believed.

With their colorful splotches of fur, calicos are some of the most easily recognized cats. However, calico is not a breed, ...

Freshly glistening with ‘European Museum of the Year’ status, does this Manchester institution live up to its superlative ...

A small deletion in a gene on the X-chromosome has unique effects in cats’ fur color, creating orange male tabbies and orange patches in female calicos and tortoiseshells.

Recently, butlers to orange-colored cats got a bit of a shock when reading the news, as headlines began to call out their ...