Cat news, features and articles

A new study of bones from the Grand Canyon reveals that this steep, rocky landscape was once a hunting ground for the extinct American cheetah.

Here's the science behind the so-called "cat gap," a roughly 7 million-long period in North America in which there aren't any known cat fossils.

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.