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

During our research for this sequence, we had been told we shouldn’t even bother trying to film the Pallas’s cat in winter. Filming such an animal that, in winter has no fidelity to one burrow ...

9, 2025. (PHOTO COURTESY THE COLUMBUS ZOO) According to the zoo, when they were first discovered, Pallas’ cats were mistaken for the ancestors of domestic cats due to the animal’s size and ...

A flat face and short legs combined with thick fur help this animal against the highly inhospitable climates which are characteristic of its high-altitude habitats. The Pallas's cat lives mainly ...

The Pallas’s cat is a small wildcat, perfectly adapted to the harsh conditions typical of its habitat. Naturally secretive, it is rarely seen and little is known about it.

Rather than running away, Pallas's cats prefer to hide from predators using their ash grey fur as camouflage or taking refuge in rocky areas and animal burrows. They are listed as Least Concern by the ...

Pallas's cats first arrived in the zoo in 1949, and since 1975, the facility has been able to make sure that the animals produce offspring on a regular basis. Nearly 150 kittens have been born ...

Hidden cameras have captured exciting footage of the moment six rare baby Pallas cats first ventured out of their nest box at the Highland Wildlife Park (HWP) in Scotland. The kittens, now seven ...

While large birds of prey and wolves are known to hunt Pallas’s cats, it’s rare to see them hunted by snow leopards ... with a special focus on big cats. She’s devoted herself to revealing the ...

Scientists described the animal as a new species Prionailurus kurteni in a study published in the ... The angled tooth of the cat links it with a common ancestor of domestic cats and Pallas’s cats. It ...