Scottish fold cats are an absolutely adorable cat breed. However, the same genetic mutation that causes those cute folded ...
A genetic mutation of the H5N1 bird flu virus — a mutation associated with increased infectiousness and disease severity — ...
Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...
Explore the diverse and captivating world of domestic cat fur patterns ranging from classic and mackerel tabbies to ...
How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.
So I got to thinking about white cats and decided to do some research. Turns out a genetic anomaly causes many, but not all, white cats with blue eyes to be deaf (60 to 80 percent). White cats ...
Humans have been selectively breeding cats and dogs for thousands of years to make more desirable pets. A new startup called the Los Angeles Project aims to speed up that process with genetic ...
"Toe beans" refer to a cat's cute and tiny jelly-bean-shaped paw pads. But did you know Hemingway cats have even more toe ...
Conservation scientists from UNSW Sydney have used DNA technology to identify feral cats as the primary predators responsible ...
Per the study, China’s oldest known domestic cat lived in the central province of Shaanxi between 706 and 883, during the ...
Then, the researchers compared these results with previously published data from 63 nuclear and 108 mitochondrial genomes that summarize the evolution of cat genetics worldwide. "This is by far ...