One of the most intriguing findings was for cat breast cancers, more than half of which showed a mutation in a gene called ...

It seemed deeply unfair that in this era of precision medicine, where targeted therapies are the treatment of choice for cancer in humans, they didn’t exist for cats,’ says the senior author of the st ...

Cats could hold the key to curing breast cancer and other deadly forms of the disease, suggests new research. The first study ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree. According to the American Pet Products Association, around 94 million ...

Cats, dogs and farm animals are what come to mind when we think of domesticated animals. For ages, domestication has been portrayed as a uniquely human accomplishment, where species become domestic ...

It seems that domestic cats were not the first felines to live with humans, a study undertaken in China has revealed. In fact, the cats we are most familiar with they only arrived in the region via ...

Thousands of years ago, survival was a shared agreement between humans and animals. We offered shelter, food, and protection.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A domesticated animal is one that has been bred and adapted ...