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

A new comparison and analysis of the genomes of species in the genus Malus, which includes the domesticated apple and its wild relatives, revealed the evolutionary relationships among the species and ...

A new comparison and analysis of the genomes of species in the genus Malus, which includes the domesticated apple and its ...

Each pet must be a domesticated cat or dog in good health, weighing no more than 15 kilograms and no taller than 40 centimeters at the shoulder. Required documents include a valid ID and a ...

This expanding ecological crisis has been developing ever since cats were domesticated some 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent of the Middle East. Some scientists have been sounding the ...

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus was identified in 2 indoor domestic cats with respiratory and neurologic illness from homes of dairy workers in Michigan, according to findings ...

Persian cat sniffing dried catnip. Image via Depositphotos. Did you know the estimated population of domesticated cats on Earth is 600 million. The origin of domesticated cats (Felis catus) is a tale ...

Did you know domestic cats share surprising traits and DNA with big cats like lions and tigers? Explore their fascinating evolutionary link, shared instincts, and the science that connects these ...

Sheba pet food is searching for a domestic cat in the U.S. with links to the feline nobility of ancient Egypt Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

Cats were domesticated by humans as early as the beginning of the first millennium BC, which probably influenced the decline in the population of European wild cats. The material about this was ...

Bird flu cases in domestic cats have risen this year, including Kira, who died swiftly after contracting the virus through raw chicken. Experts warn that bird flu is especially deadly to cats ...