Though many of the native predators that once roamed Great Britain were hunted to extinction, like the lynx, the brown bear, and most famously the wolf, there remains a vanishingly small population of ...

Despite living alongside house cats for more than 2,000 years, Scottish wildcats ignored the felines as potential breeding partners for centuries. But in just the last 70 or so years, the two groups ...

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The Scottish wildcat — a subpopulation of the European wildcat that arrived on what is today the island of Britain at the end ...

Britain has amazing wildlife, but it is not a place that’s famous for its wild big cats! In fact, the closest thing to a ...

Domestic cats introduced from the Near East, and wildcats native to Europe did not mix until the 1960s, despite being exposed to each other for 2,000 years, according to two recent articles. Domestic ...

This lovely little kitten with a head that looks just slightly too big for its face is a Scottish wildcat, a very rare type of wildcat that has dwindled to about 400 individuals living in Britain, ...

Wildcats are built for power, focus, and instinct, and in theory, they’re a scary animal from nature. But when you look at them, they’re adorable—like adorable. Even when we get a glimpse of their ...

Domestic cats introduced from the Near East and wildcats native to Europe did not mix until the 1960s, despite being exposed to each other for 2,000 years, according to two research papers published ...