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.

There are only two ways to indisputably identify a wildcat. You can measure the size of its brain — house cats, like other domestic animals, have evolved reductions in the parts of the brain ...

In theory, any of these species could have been the progenitor of the domestic cat, but recent DNA studies demonstrate unequivocally that today's housecats arose from the African wildcat ...

The result, “The Cat’s Meow: How Cats Evolved From the Savanna to Your Sofa,” is a readable and informed exploration of the wildcat that lurks within Fluffy. Advertisement ...

Analysis: the African wildcat has undergone a couple of evolutionary changes to become the beloved domestic cat . By Jonathan Losos, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. A few ...

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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 ...

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 ...