Ancient DNA is finally putting hard numbers on a mystery that has trailed humanity for millennia: when our most familiar ...

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

A wild animal that was being kept as a pet cat in Illinois is on the loose, officials said. And if you see the African serval believed to be roaming in northeast Decatur, authorities warn you should ...

Animal control authorities in Decatur, Illinois, are on the prowl and looking for a serval, a species of exotic African wild cat, that escaped from his owner’s apartment. Servals have coloration and ...

Alley Cat Rescue is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the welfare of all cats: domestic, stray, abandoned, feral, and small wildcat species. ACR advocates for humane nonlethal ...

EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- At the beach, you might expect to hear about a shark bite, rip currents or even an alligator. But it's safe to say an encounter with an exotic African cat wasn't on most ...

Not all wild cats are lions, tigers, pumas, and the like. Plenty of wild cats are just as small and cuddly-looking as our domesticated house cat friends; sometimes even smaller (though make no mistake ...

Animal Control was alerted to the situation around 8:15 a.m. when someone called its 311 number, describing a large and possibly wild cat on the loose around the 2400 block of Eutaw Place in the ...

Two wild cats found roaming around Baltimore last week will soon have a new home. One of the cats has been transported to an ...

BELIEVE. JASON. JUST RIGHT HERE IN BALTIMORE CITY, AN EXOTIC AFRICAN WILD CAT ROAMING OR WANDERING THE STREETS HERE, EVEN CLIMBING ON SOME ROOFS OF HOMES IS WHAT I’M TOLD BY NEIGHBORS FOUND RIGHT HERE ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WICS) — An African wild animal is on the loose in in Illinois, according to the Macon County Animal Control and Care Center. The organization said the animal escaped from its owner and ...