If you’ve ever lived with a cat, you know they’re often an enigma. That said, scientists may have solved an enduring mystery about these lovable felines—with answers that could narrow down when cats ...

Maine Coons are the largest domestic cat breed in the world. Discover how this majestic and mysterious breed came to be.

Domestic cats first joined European communities around 2,000 years ago, during the age of Roman power, not in deep prehistory ...

The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

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

"Where there are humans, there are cats," reads the first line of "Cats of the World" by Hannah Shaw and Andrew Marttila. It's a simple premise, but the kitten rescue advocates turned it into an ...

Cats were first domesticated when they worked as vermin killers in human settlements. Since then we have grown to love our ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Filmmakers of “Big Cats, Small World” share their remarkable experiences living alongside Africa’s three big cat families. Writer and Director Robyn Keene-Young delves into the differences in the ...

This cat’s exceptional genes and world-class care made this record-breaking feat paw-sible. A silver Maine Coone named Altair has broken the record for longest tail on a living domestic cat, the ...

The accidental death of one cat in San Francisco is triggering calls for banning Waymo. That would be a huge mistake.