Domestic cats introduced from the Near East, and wildcats native to Europe did not mix until the 1960s, despite being exposed to each other for 2,000 years, according to two recent articles.

Natural selection changed just 13 genes to separate your Felix and Fluffy from their African wildcat ancestor.

Domestic cats introduced from the Near East, and wildcats native to Europe did not mix until the 1960s, despite being exposed to each other for 2,000 years, according to two research papers ...

The African wildcat has undergone a couple of evolutionary changes to become the beloved domestic cat of today ...

You are unlikely to have seen one, but wildcats are still clinging on by a claw in Scotland. Most of the cats living in the wild in Scotland are hybrid cats with a mix of wildcat and domestic cat ...

An African wildcat doesn’t look so different from a domestic cat. pum_eva/iStock via Getty Images Plus Based on its size and appearance, I initially presumed it was someone’s pet inexplicably ...

Recently, he has been asking similar questions about domestic cats, investigating where they came from, why they do what they do, and what the future may hold, topics that are explored in "The Cat ...

Behaviorally, wildcats are—of course, wild. Though many feral, domestic cats are unfriendly toward people, wildcats are notable for being aggressive and shy of people from birth.

Although a 2016 IUCN survey found that F. lybica interbreeding with domestic cats has been fairly low across Africa’s broader landscape, the threat to the wildcat tends to be highest in parts of ...

Shelter staff suspected the kitten wasn't a domestic cat at all, and contacted the Retscheider Hof wildlife center, which confirmed the animal was a European wildcat, a protected wild species ...