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Here's why cats 'play' with their prey before dealing the death blow.

Thylacines, or Tasmanian tigers, have been extinct for nearly 100 years. But scientists say gene-editing technology could bring back this lost species.

Observations of elusive creature in the wild could aid conservation efforts.

A new study of bones from the Grand Canyon reveals that this steep, rocky landscape was once a hunting ground for the extinct American cheetah.

Here's the science behind the so-called "cat gap," a roughly 7 million-long period in North America in which there aren't any known cat fossils.

It's an instinctual behavior for cats to seek out confined spaces, such as boxes, bags and baskets — Live Science explains why.

A mountain lion tweet by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation led to a viral debate about pet ownership.