Its owner has since decided to pause the temple visits, which almost always turned out like a fan meet. Read more at ...

New research suggests that domestic cats first appeared in China around 600 CE, likely arriving via the Silk Road trade route. The study, which analyzed 22 feline remains from 14 archaeological ...

Spending on pets hit Rmb300bn ($42bn) last year, up 7.5 per cent on the previous year, according to a report by pet sector ...

from pandas in the bamboo forests of China to polar bears in the frozen North, but another family of animals ignites my passion more than any: big cats. My interest in big cats stretches back to ...

How and when domestic cats arrived in China has been a mystery. A new analysis of cat DNA suggests traders and diplomats likely carried the pets with them along the Silk Road 1,400 years ago.

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 ...

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.