Cats spend longer sniffing the odor of a stranger than that of their owner, suggesting that they can identify familiar humans ...

Wild cats are some of the most captivating creatures on Earth, with 40 species spread across eight distinct evolutionary lineages. This deep dive traces their origins back more than 10 million years, ...

The Felidae family boasts 40 wild cat species grouped into 8 distinct lineages, showcasing one of nature’s most fascinating evolutionary stories. This journey starts over 10 million years ago, when ...

The Bengal breed was developed by crossing domestic cats with the Asian leopard cat ... this breed could be mistaken for an ocelot or even a cheetah! But despite their wild looks, Ocicats are ...

Authorities in Jamaica said what was initially reported to be a baby tiger on the loose is actually an ocelot. Photo by ArtisticOperations/Pixabay.com 34,906 people ...

Sophia Ramlal, director of veterinary services for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, said the juvenile ocelot, which could be confused for a domestic cat, should be treated as a ...

“The ocelot in question is reported to be juvenile, approximately the size of a young domestic cat and with a dark, spotted coat. The public is advised to urgently report any sightings of the ...

As Smithsonian reports, a new study published in the journal American Antiquity links America’s first domestic cats to a 16th-century shipwreck. The Emanuel Point II met its demise around 1559 ...

Cats have lived alongside humans for thousands of years, and the remains of two domestic felines found in a nearly 500-year-old Spanish shipwreck likely represent the earliest example of the ...

Ocelot lying in the tree. Image by joelfotos via Depositphotos ... and Uruguay. About the size of a domestic cat, weighing between 4-11 pounds, these adaptable felines display remarkable environmental ...

In their study, "The dispersal of domestic cats from Northern Africa and their introduction to Europe over the last two millennia," published on the bioRxiv preprint server , 70 low-coverage ...