Two genetic analyses suggest that our feline friends reached China around 1,400 years ago via the Silk Road, and that they ...

Whether they are a Siamese, Persian, Maine Coon, or Domestic Shorthair, there are hundreds of millions of cats living with ...

In a new study that assessed seventeen research reports from eleven countries, scientists determined that cat ownership has a significant link to the risk of schizophrenia. When children lived in a ...

(CNN) - Having a pet in the home could lower the chance of a child developing a food allergy, according to a new study. In the study published Wednesday in the journal, PLOS One, researchers analyzed ...

An unrelated species of small cat lived in human settlements thousands of years before domestic cats, say scientists.

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

Leopard cats were living alongside people in ancient China for more than 3,500 years before domestic cats arrived from Europe ...