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I sent my cats’ saliva to the lab to get health and genetic insights sent to my inbox—with very different results.

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After rearranging a room, you might notice your cat acting restless or appearing unsettled in their usual spots. The reasons behind this vary from cat to cat.Even if the "unsettled" behavior looks the ...

The species, called a tilcayo, is smaller than a house cat and lives in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains in Bolivia. By Kate Golembiewski A three-pound wildcat with leopardlike spots from ...

Certified feline behaviorist and educator Stephanie Merlin named this Archie & Oscar Fiedler cat tree as one of her favorites. "When choosing a cat tree, focus on size, function, ...

We tested 43 litter boxes to find the best options that are easy to clean and comfortable for cats, including large and stainless steel litter pans.

Deep in the Bolivian Yungas cloud forests, there stalks an utterly adorable beast: smaller than a house cat and spotted like a leopard, the creature has long been known to local communities as a ...

The finding is significant because it represents the first new felid species discovered in more than a century. The previous new cat species was the pampas cat, described in 1923.

For the first time in a century, researchers say they’ve identified a new species of wild cat previously unknown to science. Leopardus tilcayo — or the tilcayo tiger cat — is slender and spotted, with ...

the beginning of a wave of new small cat species. This 10-year-old male tiger cat is the first of his species (named Leopardus tilcayo) known to science. He is approximately 18 inches from head to end ...