Researchers focused on DNA drawn from centuries-old cat bones and compared it to the genetic signatures of today’s domestic ...

Pope Leo XIV is on the first apostolic journey of his papacy to Turkey and Lebanon Nov. 27 to Dec. 2. Follow here for live ...

New genomic evidence traces domestic cats back to North Africa — and shows they only arrived in Europe around 2,000 years ago ...

However, recent findings indicate that domesticated cats arrived much later, around 2,000 years ago, coinciding with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The new research, led by Claudio Ottoni and ...

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s ...

Pope Leo XIV has joined Orthodox patriarchs and ecumenical leaders in Turkey to commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the ...

All modern cats are descended from the African wildcat but how and when they became pampered pets has been a question ...

On the second day of his inaugural overseas trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the ancient site of the First Council of Nicaea, in ...

In Spain, the Cave of the Bats, Albuñol, held a major secret: bowstrings discovered in the 19th century predate those used by ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.