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It's an instinctual behavior for cats to seek out confined spaces, such as boxes, bags and baskets — Live Science explains why.

A mountain lion tweet by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation led to a viral debate about pet ownership.

Tigers may be orange, but their prey don't see them that way. Here's why it doesn't matter that these giant cats are brightly colored.

Conservation efforts are starting to pay off for unique tree-climbing lions in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park, says one conservationist.

Some big cats can roar loudly, but house cats can only meow and purr. Why is that?

Thylacines, once widespread in Australia, have been extinct for nearly a century, but newly colorized footage provides a glimpse of what they looked like in life.

A photo showing a group of male cheetahs trying to cross a raging river in Kenya is part of the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

A record-breaking female Nathusius' pipistrelle bat traveled more than 1,200 miles from London to Russia, where it was recently killed by a local cat.

Researchers have analyzed the mummified bodies of two extinct Ice Age lion cubs in unprecedented detail.