Cats | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/cats/RSS feed for CatsenFri, 09 Oct 2026 21:05:40 +0000Watch Five Adorable Newborn Cheetah Cubs Grow on a Livestream From the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institutehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-five-adorable-newborn-cheetah-cubs-grow-on-a-livestream-from-the-smithsonians-conservation-biology-institute-180989669/The healthy and active babies are being cared for by first-time mother Zura, and the public can keep up with their antics through an online cheetah cub camFri, 09 Oct 2026 21:05:40 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-five-adorable-newborn-cheetah-cubs-grow-on-a-livestream-from-the-smithsonians-conservation-biology-institute-180989669/Meet the Adorable and Tiny Tilcayo, the First Brand-New Cat Species Identified in More Than a Centuryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-adorable-and-tiny-tilcayo-the-first-brand-new-cat-species-identified-in-more-than-a-century-180989528/Discovered in a cloud forest in Bolivia, the diminutive felines are smaller than a house cat and covered in large, irregularly shaped rosettesMon, 21 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-adorable-and-tiny-tilcayo-the-first-brand-new-cat-species-identified-in-more-than-a-century-180989528/For Decades, Scientists Thought an 'American Cheetah' Once Roamed North America. Turns Out the Extinct Cat Wasn't a Cheetahhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/for-decades-scientists-thought-an-american-cheetah-once-roamed-north-america-ancient-turns-out-the-extinct-cat-wasnt-a-cheetah-180989465/Ancient DNA from fossils found in Wyoming and Canada's Yukon Territory suggests the wild cat more closely resembled modern pumas than modern cheetahsFri, 11 Sep 2026 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/for-decades-scientists-thought-an-american-cheetah-once-roamed-north-america-ancient-turns-out-the-extinct-cat-wasnt-a-cheetah-180989465/