Long before cats lived in homes, the African wildcat lived alongside early human settlements. Drawn by rodents and food stores, this small predator found opportunity rather than danger near people.

Cats have an advantage over many wild animal species in that they are often protected by their human owners from disease and from predation by other species. This is not true of natural predators, ...

CHICAGO -- The Field Museum's lakefront building isn't original to the "White City" constructed for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, but its collection began as a permanent home for many of the ...