There are 41 recognized cat species in existence, 34 of which are so-called "small cats." Truly wild-born cats face many challenges to their environments and food supplies that could lead them to ...

Among the dry grasslands and sandy deserts of southern Africa lives one of nature’s smallest yet most determined hunters, the Black-footed cat (Felis nigripes). Weighing no more than a bag of sugar ...

In this episode of Candid Animal Cam meet the African black-footed cat (Felis nigripes), one of the continent’s rarest and most lethal predators. Found only in South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana, ...

Uganda’s Echuya Forest Reserve will become a national park, alongside five other forest areas. That news is being heralded by small cat conservationists as a win for the threatened African golden cat ...

Cats already have a reputation for being effortlessly cute. They do the simplest things and somehow make them feel special, whether they’re stretching in a sunbeam, squeezing into a box that’s clearly ...

Like a toy on a string, the timing of cat domestication has been a moving target. Now researchers have pounced on a new timeline suggesting that tame descendants of African wildcats left the continent ...