Land development and habitat loss have driven fishing cats in Thailand to near extinction, per Mongabay. To survive, they've been living closer to humans. But how has that affected their species? The ...

CHICAGO -- The Field Museum's lakefront building isn't original to the "White City" constructed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, but its collection began as a permanent home for many of the ...

Cats have an advantage over many wild animal species in that they are often protected by their human owners from disease and from predation by other species. This is not true of natural predators, ...

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to go on safari in southern Africa. One of the greatest thrills was going out at night looking for predators on the prowl: lions, leopards, hyenas. As we drove ...

People love to keep cats as pets; domestic cats are playful but relatively low-maintenance. Worldwide, over 350 million pet cats live in people’s homes, according to the World Population Review. But ...