Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An African wildcat (Felis lybica) rests on a rock in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Richard Flack, Nature Picture Library ...

Ancient DNA is finally putting hard numbers on a mystery that has trailed humanity for millennia: when our most familiar feline companions first stepped out of Africa and into homes, ships and cities ...

3,500 years ago, cats started showing up in Egyptian paintings on tomb walls and in sculptures and carvings. Not only were they abundant in these representations, but it was very clear that they were ...

The Afro-Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica) is the world’s most widely distributed small wildcat, but it’s also one of the least studied. The cat’s conservation status is listed as “of least concern” by ...

Domestic dogs, wolves and coyotes can also breed with each other. Horses and donkeys interbreed. A mule is a cross between a female horse (called a mare) and a male donkey (a jack). A hinny results ...