Nationwide complaints about cat “adoption” businesses are exposing the darker side of China’s booming pet industry.

As many as three cases of bird flu found in New York City pet cats, two of which were deadly, have been connected to a brand ...

This painting from the bottom of a bowl is one of the earliest depictions of a cat from China, dating to 168 B.C. Markings on the cat's fur suggest it's a leopard cat, not a domestic cat.

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennium ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, they hitched a ride along the Silk Road. A team of Chinese researchers has ...

About 7,000 years later, these companion cats spread to Europe through trade. But scientists have long wondered when and how feline friends arrived in China—where they’re currently the most ...