By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

New research has overturned everything we thought we knew about cat domestication. Forget the theory that cats simply ...

For decades, researchers have theorized that ancient cats in and around Cyprus —  located southeast of Greece, south of Turkey —most likely followed early farmers and then “gradually got accustomed to ...

Have you ever wondered why cats, with their independent nature, became our cherished household companions? Recent ...

Researchers looking into the origin of domestic cats have long considered that cats likely accompanied early farmers during ...

Eventually, some ancient Egyptians likely welcomed the cats home as adorable pet companions, they say. The domestication and ...

Discover how today’s cats might trace their roots back to cult rituals in ancient Egypt.

The domestic cat is one of the smallest members of the family Felidae ... but they were also sacrificed in large numbers during religious rituals. Bastet, a feline-headed goddess, was worshipped as a ...