The regal-looking Abyssinian cat – Aby for short – may look like an Egyptian aristocrat and be named after a fallen empire, but their origins are fairly mysterious. While we can’t say for ...

Meet the Abyssinian cat: the supermodel of the cat kingdom, possessing the spirit of a stand-up comic and the energy of a child on a sugar rush. Abyssinian cats don’t rely on chubby cheeks or ...

Louis led an international team that sequenced and analyzed the cat genome to better understand the animal's domestication. Pictured is a blue Abyssinian. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!