Fancy-cats are those carefully groomed felines you see at shows. The other 80% of the world’s domestic cats — just as beautiful in their own
Category: Cats
Domestic Cats: Gods, Devils, and Friends
If you’re like me, you haven’t lost much sleep lately wondering why the cat played a fiddle while the cow jumped over the Moon. Nursery
Domestic Cats: The Human Highway
Most of us have a simple picture of Fluffy’s early history. Ancient Egyptians domesticated cats and then Roman legions carried them out of Egypt and
Domestic Cat History: Out of Egypt
Ever wonder how domestic cats spread from Ancient Egypt out across the world? Details are few and far between, but cats do make unexpected appearances
A Cat Domestication Two-Step
Fancy-cats could be called the only truly domestic cats because they accept total human control of their lives. That’s the very definition of domestication. Most
Cats, people, and ice ages: Domestic cats and us
Go back far enough in Fluffy’s history, and you’ll discover Felis silvestris, the “cat of the forest” or wildcat. Wildcats and people Wildcats probably evolved
