The domestic cat has a long, complex and uncertain history. Ancient DNA is making its origin story clearer.

Volunteers spent Tuesday attempting to find shelter and medical aid for upward of 200 cats that survived a Medford fire the day before that killed the founder of a home-based cat sanctuary and scores ...

More than 80 domestic cats have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022. This is a KFF Health News story. More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to ...

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

A cat owner from Mithra Cattery gives her Persian cat a massage after a long day at the CFA International Cat Show & Expo in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 11, 2025. Dina Litovsky, National Geographic ...

A heated cat house is more than just a cozy space — it’s a safe retreat for outdoor cats during chilly weather. It could be that you care for a beloved pet who enjoys the outdoors or a community cat ...

When most people think of cats, they imagine a small, nimble companion that curls up on the windowsill or squeezes into cardboard boxes. But not all felines are petite lap warmers. Some domestic cat ...

pets that spend time outdoors and likely caught it by hunting diseased rodents or wild birds. Now, a small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the ...

An American Curl cat digs its claws into a scratching post. A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1, the bird flu strain driving the current U.S. outbreak. (File photo by ...

More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that ...