A brand new species of cat has been found in a fossil from a cave in China. Reportedly small enough to have fit in the palm of your hand, the cat – named Prionailurus kurteni – is thought to have ...

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

Archaeologists have found the smallest cat species ever to roam the Earth. Discovered in a cave in China, it would have fit ...

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 newly discovered fossil is thought to belong to the same genus as modern rusty-spotted cats, which are among the smallest felines in the world. Catherine Gugelmann / AFP via Getty Images ...

Chinese researchers have found the remains of a feline that could fit in the palm of a hand. The smallest cat in the world was discovered deep in a cave, where early humans also lived. Scientists ...

The Pallas’s cat is a small wildcat, perfectly adapted to the harsh conditions typical of its habitat. Naturally secretive, ...

The palm-sized animal was uncovered in Hualongdong cave, where scientists are studying the humans who lived there 30,000 years ago.

It was comparable in size with the smallest cats living today, such as the rusty-spotted cat (left). | Credit: slowmotiongli/Getty Images/Jiangzuo et al/Annales Zoologici Fennici, 2024 Researchers ...