A team of international researchers has discovered that since the introduction of domestic cats, they avoided mating with Europe’s native wildcats - despite being exposed to each other for 2,000 ...

European wildcats are considered rarer than the Bengal tiger and giant panda, and are the only native cat species surviving ...

The analysis reveals an over-representation of the domestic cat's genes that are linked to immune function, such as the major histocompatibility complex, in the European wildcat's genome.

Conventional wisdom would suggest that all dogs love to play fetch, while most cats would simply refuse to do so. But a new ...

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European wildcats are considered rarer than the Bengal tiger and giant panda. Wildcats are the only native cat species surviving in Britain, with a small population still roaming the Scottish ...

These felines have evolved from a population of European wildcats, which became isolated by the English Channel over 9,000 years ago. But deforestation have troubled the species and it is ...

Findings from the South West Wildcat Project will be reported by the end of 2024 A study has been launched to explore the feasibility of reintroducing European wildcats to the South West.

Small wildcats have adopted other clever ways to ... Pallas’s cat on the map,” says David Barclay, coordinator of the European Endangered Species Programme for the Pallas’s Cat.

It also has a thick tail with a blunt black tip and dark banding. Scottish wildcats are a subpopulation of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris) and are Britain's only wild cat species. They are ...

Wildcats' playing style, team basketball, family environment lured German Mailien Rolf to Arizona. Rolf, who is part of UA's ...