It comes as no surprise to fellow pet parents that my cats are my life. They’re my best friends — and yet I know so little about them. I adopted one from a rescue as a kitten, and the other I found in ...

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Conservation scientists from UNSW Sydney have used DNA technology to identify feral cats as the primary predators responsible for the deaths of reintroduced native animals at two conservation sites in ...

When archaeologists unearthed small cat bones in China dating back some 5,400 years, they figured cats had been hanging out in early Chinese farming settlements since the Neolithic Period. Now, a ...

Approximately 80% of orange cats are males, including the four orange cats owned by the Short Wave team. Scientists have long suspected that... The DNA secret behind orange cats The DNA secret behind ...

Researchers from the University of Leicester have unveiled an unconventional tool in forensic investigations: cat hair. They have shown that a single cat hair contains DNA that could link a suspect, a ...

Feral cats have long been suspects in killing native species reintroduced into Australian conservation areas. DNA testing of the carcasses puts felines firmly in the frame. Conservation scientists ...