Most animals tend to grow smaller as they become domesticated, but the case is apparently not the same for cats. It turns out that cats today are actually 16 percent larger than the cats during the ...

During the Viking Age, domesticated cats were popular companions prized for their pest control abilities—and, in a dark turn of events, their pelts, which the Norse seafarers often donned as clothing.

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Thousands of years before cats came to dominate Internet culture, they swept through ancient Eurasia and Africa carried by early farmers, ancient mariners and even Vikings, finds the first large-scale ...

From internet memes to stalking the corridors of power, cats have virtually taken over the world — and now a new study has given us some insight into the beginnings of our furry friends' global spread ...

Vikings are popularly portrayed as tough seafarers who raided and traded across Europe between the late 8 th and late 11 th centuries, but these people have also likely kept Viking cats when they ...

Cats seem like they could care less about their adoring owners, flicking their tails as they walk away. But cats and their people go way back. Researchers recently traced their spread around the world ...

Since the Viking Age of around 800 C.E., cats have actually grown in size, which is the opposite of what is seen in most animals as they become domesticated. While this study, which looked at cat ...