The team’s findings also corroborate previous research that pegged African wildcats (Felis silvestris lybica) as being the progenitors of domestic cats. Previous papers had suggested the Chinese ...

Conservation of the wildcat (Felis silvestris) in Scotland: Review of the conservation status and assessment of conservation activities. IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group, Bern, Switzerland.

Wild endangered caracal, native to Africa, captured in Hoffman Estates CHICAGO (CBS) -- A wild cat that had been roaming the northwest suburbs for at least a few days is no longer on the prowl.

This “forest cat” has long been distinguished by the Malagasy from village or feral domestic cats and is often viewed as a threat to domestic animals such as poultry. Given eye-witness accounts and ...

The exotic cat – known as a serval – tested positive for cocaine after being rescued in Cincinnati, according to animal control officials. Servals are medium-sized wild cats native to sub ...