Ancient DNA is rewriting the origin story of the cat curled on the sofa. Long before the familiar house cat padded into ...

DNA study reveals when first house cats reached China - Study finds first domesticated cat in Asian country had short fur and ...

Although leopard cats and domesticated cats once coexisted in ancient Chinese settlements, their relationships with people were different.

Ancient Chinese villagers may have palled around with felines, according to a new study that finds possible evidence of domesticated cats 5,300 years ago in a Yangshao village. The earliest evidence ...

An intrepid team of biologists embarked on an extensive genetic survey of Chinese cats to determine the true identity of the Chinese mountain cat, an enigmatic feline that inhabits a swath of the ...

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GUANGZHOU, CHINA — The gray tabby cat with hazel eyes and a white nose scrunched at the bottom of a stack of metal cages filled with rabbits, quail, pigeons and ducks, across the aisle from the ...

A Chinese mountain cat photographed in a field of grass. Song Dazhao, CFCA A new genetic study involving the elusive Chinese mountain cat of the Tibetan Plateau has determined that this wild feline ...

Maybe he’s shocked by the camera. A Chinese cat is drawing a lot of attention online for his perpetually shocked expression in pictures. Banye, an 11-year-old British shorthair, has several ...

BEIJING: Merck & Co’s Covid-19 antivirals are getting a new lease of life in post-pandemic China, as cat owners seize on them as antidotes to a life-threatening disease caused by a coronavirus that ...

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The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.