Credit: Hunan Museum Collection Database. China's first pet cats arrived in the country around 1,400 years ago — likely via the famous Silk Road trading route, ancient feline DNA reveals.

New research suggests that domestic cats first appeared in China around 600 CE, likely arriving via the Silk Road trade route. The study, which analyzed 22 feline remains from 14 archaeological ...

According to a study recently published on the preprint server bioRxiv, cats were one of the many assets that traveled east on the famous Silk Road, the lengthy trading network that connected Asia ...

The new Adoption Center and Cat Building at 12205 Westport Road opened on Feb. 20, adjoining with the 41-year-old organizations main campus. Jason Wetherington, the executive director of Animal ...

Suzhou, China - January 16, 2025 [Note: no sound] This is the touching moment unfolded inside a truck where a driver had crafted upper and lower bunk beds for his seven adopted cats. On January 16 ...

On Monday, two British Shorthair cats were brutally abandoned on the road near Liechtenstein/Gamprin (Vorarlberg/Switzerland border region): According to eyewitnesses ...

David N'Guessan scored 18 points and snared 10 rebounds, as Coleman Hawkins returned and the K-State defense smothered the Bearcats, holding on for a road win. Despite being ugly, this win should ...

It is expected that all 12 cats and 5 dogs inside perished, but it hasn't yet been confirmed by officials. The fire started around 5:30 a.m. near Main Street and Hawes Road in east Mesa ...

Brandon Garrison, who played at Oklahoma State last season and grew up about 20 miles from OU’s campus, was a key player for the Cats in the first half and came in for Williams again after the ...

Crews were called to the fire at a mobile home park near Main Street and Hawes Road around 5:30 a.m. Rural ... but five dogs and 12 cats were inside. Hein said he saw neighbors taking action ...