From the wild ones to those that roam around your living room, cats come in all shapes and sizes. Tigers and lions − commonly referred to as "big cats" − can weigh anywhere from 198 to 584 pounds.

Scientists identified the tiny species of cat from a fossilized jawbone, which could date back as far as 300,000 years ago.

Archaeologists have unearthed the smallest cat species ever to roam the Earth. They found a lower jaw and two teeth from a palm-sized feline in the Hualongdong Cave, China. The researchers believe ...

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Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences say the feline called Prionailurus kurteni was an extinct species of leopard cat. It was small enough to fit in the palm of one’s hand.

which are among the smallest felines in the world. Catherine Gugelmann / AFP via Getty Images Scientists in China have uncovered a fossilized jaw fragment of a newly identified, extinct cat ...

Paleontologists have unearthed the 30,000-year-old fossilized remains of what may be the smallest cat ever known to have existed. The fossilized lower jaw fragment was unearthed within the ...

Bengal has discovered the world's smallest and lightest wild cat, the rusty-spotted cat, in its Purulia district. This species, considered near threatened on the IUCN Red List, was spotted for the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the smallest known cat fossil at a site inhabited by archaic humans in eastern China. This diminutive feline, which has been identified as an extinct species of ...

Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences say the feline called Prionailurus kurteni was an extinct species of leopard cat. It was small enough to fit in the palm of one’s hand. The species was ...