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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.

Big cats are found all over the world, from Alaska to China, and each one is ferociously unique. Here are the nine biggest cats alive today.

Cats like boxes so much, they will even climb into the illusion of a box, scientists find.

If cats were loved, why were so many sacrificed?

Cats have swinging "pouches" on their bellies, but that doesn't mean they're fat.

A new study finds that cats, unlike dogs, will gladly accept food from people who are not nice to their owners.