Cats are such a prominent part of American culture today that it’s hard to imagine the country without them. But our feline friends arrived on our shores more recently than you may assume.

Cats have lived alongside humans for thousands of years, and the remains of two domestic felines found in a nearly 500-year-old Spanish shipwreck likely represent the earliest example of the ...

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Thirty cats were found living in grimy, excrement-filled cages near a Bethpage State Park trail — where a homeless hoarder set up camp after falling out with his mom, officials said. The cat and ...

Cats, on the other hand? They're a bit more discerning — that's part of what cat people love about them. And one cat expert says felines actually have a sort of hierarchy when it comes to the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Research indicates that domestic cats likely originated in Tunisia, challenging previous beliefs about their spread with early European farmers. Genetic and ...

Volunteers searching the basement of a charred Medford home and cat sanctuary Monday found the remains of 50 more cats killed last week in a fire that claimed the lives of another 100 of the ...

This protein is produced in a cat’s saliva and skin glands. While cats produce at least eight allergens, it is Fel d 1 which studies have shown to be the leading cat allergen. Fel d 1 is a ...

She’s on the prowl. Queens comedian MichellaDonna, nee Michelle Reiss, has become a TikTok sensation profiling NYC’s best bodega felines for her viral show Shop Cats. On Tuesday, the 26-year ...

Volunteers began trapping and treating some of the 200 cats Friday that survived a fire this week which destroyed the Happy Cat Sanctuary in Medford and killed its founder. The blaze Monday killed ...

The owner began rescuing cats in 2006 after the death of his son. An animal sanctuary owner and roughly 100 cats have died in a fire on Long Island, according to officials. The flames broke out at ...

"The cats that respond have a pretty profound reaction to it." There's a scientific reason for the feline reaction: Catnip contains the oil nepetalactone, which binds to the cat's olfactory ...