The cat’s conservation status is listed as “of least concern” by the IUCN. But due to a lack of data, ... This Wildcat Helped Create the House Cat and Is Now at Risk Because of It.

Recently, he has been asking similar questions about domestic cats, investigating where they came from, why they do what they do, and what the future may hold, topics that are explored in "The Cat ...

An African wildcat doesn’t look so different from a domestic cat. pum_eva/iStock via Getty Images Plus Based on its size and appearance, I initially presumed it was someone’s pet inexplicably ...

Interbreeding with domestic cats, and also with other wildcat species, ... Banner image: A domestic cat out in the wild. Image by Cloudtail the Snow Leopard via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

You are unlikely to have seen one, but wildcats are still clinging on by a claw in Scotland. Most of the cats living in the wild in Scotland are hybrid cats with a mix of wildcat and domestic cat ...

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Clearly, the few evolutionary changes the domestic cat has made have been the right ones to wangle their way into people's hearts and homes. How did they do it? I explored this question in my book ...