Ancient images portray what historians believe are Barbary lions in the Roman Colosseum. What a sad end for a once venerated ...

An ancient design depicting a huge cat has been discovered etched into a ... by archaeologists academically in 1927. Many are so big they can generally only be identified properly from the air.

Then, a few thousand years later, cats spread out of ancient Egypt along maritime trade routes. Today, cats live on all continents except Antarctica. Scientists think wildcats began hanging around ...

The paw print was discovered during an excavation in Jerusalem. Archaeologists quickly recognized it as a paw impression, ...

Although most people probably picture saber-toothed cats with long fangs, not all had such big teeth. One ancient cat in particular, called Homotherium latidens, had shorter canines, leading ...