How dogs and cats are evolving to look alike and why it's humans' fault—new research

How dogs and cats are evolving to look alike and why it’s humans’ fault

Human fashion can be as powerful as millions of years of evolution – and it’s harming our pets.

Scientists Say Dogs And Cats Are Evolving to Look More Alike. But Why?

Domestication has made cats and dogs more diverse, but also curiously alike – with serious implications for their health and welfare, new research shows.

How dogs and cats are evolving to look alike and why it's humans' fault—new research

Domestication has made cats and dogs more diverse, but also curiously alike—with serious implications for their health and welfare, new research shows.

Team finds surprising 'copycat evolution' in some cats and dogs

Biologists have shown evidence of a kind of "copycat" evolution between extremely short-faced breeds of cats and dogs.

New research shows that despite huge evolutionary differences, some cat and dog breeds are starting to look surprisingly similar.

In the project "Wildcat Forests of Tomorrow" in the federal programme Biological Diversity, the BUND Nature Conservation is committed to protecting the shy forest dweller. The so-called hybridization can endanger the genetic independence of the wildcat in the long term, warns the BN. Important adaptations to their natural habitat could be lost. In addition, domestic cats can transmit diseases that are often fatal for wildcats. Uwe Friedel, head …