Archaeological excavations in County Clare led to the uncovering of Ireland’s first known wildcat from 5,500 years ago. The bones, uncovered during archaeological excavations in Glencurran Cave in the ...

Though many of the native predators that once roamed Great Britain were hunted to extinction, like the lynx, the brown bear, and most famously the wolf, there remains a vanishingly small population of ...

For the first time, archaeologists can say with certainty that European wildcats lived in prehistoric Ireland.

After a more than 100-year absence from the area, reintroducing wildcats to the South West could help to secure the future of ...

A conservation project says it will have to find new ways to help fund the captive breeding of Scottish wildcats for release into the wild due to the effects of Brexit. Saving Wildcats has released 46 ...

The European wildcat has been put into an “intensive care” program of captive breeding and reintroduction in Scotland. Found only in a few small pockets in the north, it is the country’s only ...

Small wildcat species suffer from habitat loss, hunting and human conflicts, just like better-known big cats. But some small wildcat populations also face threats from other felines: hybridization.