An H5N1 infection can be fatal for domestic animals, but there are steps you can take to minimize the risk of them catching ...

Per the study, China’s oldest known domestic cat lived in the central province of Shaanxi between 706 and 883, during the ...

The recall is the latest in recent months tied to products potentially contaminated with the virus that has sickened and ...

Health authorities say the threat of infection for people remained low even amid the spread of H5N1 virus among birds and ...

In prior bird flu outbreaks, there’ve been several documented cases of feline-to-feline spread, but ingestion seems to be the ...

Why would your cat want to keep tabs on you? Possibly, he likes to know when you’re getting up to feed him something, or ...

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennium ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, they hitched a ride along the Silk Road. A team of Chinese researchers has ...

The risk of felines developing bird flu infections remains relatively low. As of Jan. 31, 2025, 150 wild and domestic cats ...

San Jose, Calif. — Bird flu isn’t just affecting chickens and cows; it’s hitting pet cats.

It likely sported a short, all-white or partly-white coat—like most Chinese house cats today—and a long tail, and its ancestors probably came from Kazakhstan. Today's domestic cats are ...

The results of the decoding of a domestic cat's genome by a group of Japanese researchers have been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's most accurate reference genome for cats, ...