Feline News

Leuven - New research looking at the genomes of cats has come up with something interesting: the domestic cats of today are genetically equivalent to ancient cats. Cats did not genetically adapt to become domesticated, they chose to.

A Siamese cat from Mansfield, Texas, called Scooter, claimed the record for the world's oldest living cat. Scooter lived to be a sprightly 30 years old.

Unlike the domestication of dogs, which has been well studied, little research has looked into the domestication of cats. A new study suggests that humans domesticated cats over 5,300 years ago.

Xalapa - Meet Morris, a candidate running as mayor in the Eastern Mexican city, Xalapa. But there's one exception; he's not a person, but a cat.

Wonder what your cat does when you sleep or leave the house? A new BBC show sought answers and the show, 'The Secret Life of the Cat' debuts this week. Researchers stuck GPS trackers on 50 cats to cat-ch them going about their day - and night.

New York - Sponge Bob is the world's fattest cat, but who is to blame? Why was this cat allowed to get so obese? This article will help to explain the story of Sponge Bob, the world's fattest cat.

Boston - A cat with pure white fur plummeted from a 19th-story window only to somehow manage to get herself to sustain only minor injuries by landing in mulch. It is believed the aptly-named Sugar somehow managed to glide to the pile like a flying squirrel.

There are some breeds of cats that will dare to enter water but in general felines are not known for their love of the wet stuff or swimming. But a video going viral shows one cat's brave water adventure.

Sturgeon Bay - Amy Jung and her son Ethan recently visited the Humane Society near their home in Sturgeon, Wisconsin to play with the cats.

Bread and cats don't usually go together, but now these two disparate things are joining forces to power the latest online meme: cat owners place their kitty's head through a piece of bread, take a photo and upload them to "cat breading" forums.

Bournemouth - A cat in the UK who senses epileptic seizures, and is credited with saving her owner's life, has been chosen as "Top Cat" in a recent competition.

The debate about whether cats or dogs are the more intelligent pet will surely be re-ignited by a recent research project that indicated cats performed worse than dogs in cause-and-effect experiments involving tasty morsels on pieces of string.

The owners of Henry,a one year old cat have taken to leafleting their nearby neighbours to see if they might be missing any socks.

Panleukopenia may have found its way into a local animal shelter, and infected a few of the kittens and cats. Because of the kind of disease it is, Chemung County SPCA put the word out that none of the cats at the facility will be available for adoption.