Cat

Domestic felines only go back 10000 years; by contrast, dogs were first domesticated 23000 years ago. What changed the human-cat bond, intriguingly, ...

(Cats in India and Sri Lanka were found to have a much more mixed ancestry, suggesting that their ancestors had also roamed the land and maritime Silk Road routes.) Thousands of years later, they found pride of place on ships, where they were vital in their role of pest-destroyers. That’s a lot later than the domestication of dogs, which is said to have begun about 23,000 years ago, when humans were still nomads and cave-dwellers.

Andrea Iturre was told she had to load 'emotional support cat' Tito into an airliner's hold before take-off, but when she landed two hours later Tito's cat ...

By the time I found out I was already in Santa Cruz, many hours later. The airline, already the target of much criticism ion Bolivia, has been widely mocked online. She hasn’t seen the cat since. And now BOA has enlisted an “interspecies communicator” – or animal psychic – to help track down the missing pet. “I begged her to call Tarija but she informed me that there was no one working at the airport – by this time it was 2am.” She was disappointed to have to place her cat Tito in the hold because she regards him as her emotional support animal but she reluctantly did so.

Bored Panda got in touch with Nils to learn more about his creative process and himself. The photographer shared that he started taking photos in 2011 after he ...

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Writing a story about rats and mice reminded Pacific NW magazine writer Erik Lacitis how much he missed his late cat, Charlie. the greatest mouser ever.

In Googling, I see that’s called the gizzard, and it is acidic. We live on acreage in Vashon, and out there in the pasture are plenty of rodents. In writing the story about rats and mice for this issue, I couldn’t help but think of Charlie. For a while after he was gone, I kept the little blanket on which he slept on my home office desk. Sometimes when I was interviewing someone, he’d start meowing and jump on my lap. Problems with figuring out how to put together all the items so a story is cohesive and not boring?

Right outside this TIkToker's door was not what one might typically see. Not a squirrel or bird or even possum, but a mountain lion! What?! You'll be blown away ...

A breeding program for Van cats, a special type of white cat that has two different colored eyes, which is a protected species in Türkiye and famous far...

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