Most cat owners joke that their felines rule over their homes like royalty, but these asides could hold some truth. Research has found that some of today's U.S. house cats could be the descendants of ...

The macabre world of ancient Egyptian ritual sacrifice may have contributed to the domestication of cats, new research suggests. Mummified cats (Felis catus) were such a common offering to the ...

Domesticated cats may have arrived in the West much later than previously thought, according to new research published on Thursday. Cats began their relationship with humans quite early, with evidence ...

From sacred protectors in ancient Egypt to viral internet icons, cats have held a unique place in human culture for thousands ...

A new study in PNAS shows that the extinction of megafauna like saber-toothed cats between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. “Cats were depicted in ancient Egyptian iconography as tabby ...

A new study overturns previous findings that domestic cats originated thousands of years earlier. An African wildcat (Felis lybica) rests on a rock in Kruger National Park, South Africa. So far, ...