Previous research suggested that domestic cats originated in the Near East nearly 10,000 years ago. New genetic evidence has now shown that the origin of cats is much more recent and complex, involving cat worship,...

Researchers in Beijing have shown that the first domesticated felines in China were not domestic cats, but leopard cats, by several thousand years. Read to learn more about the rise and fall of cats in...

Wisdom's scientists are digging into the data to learn more about how a cat’s genetics contribute to their health and disease risk in the largest genetic survey of disorders in cats to date.

Read about Wisdom's and the Feline HCM working group’s findings on Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, and our subsequent update to HCM mode of inheritance in Wisdom Breeder reports. 

See the newest cat coat pattern, “salty liquorice,” discovered by Wisdom Panel™ geneticist Heidi Anderson, PhD. Read on to learn more about this beautiful and unique pattern. 

Wisdom Panel ™ is honored to announce that we are now the official testing partner of The International Cat Association (TICA®), continuing a tradition of genetic health and research partnership begun in 2017. Read on...

The University of Helsinki, in partnership with Wisdom Panel™ and others, has recently released a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) entitled “Me and My Cat”. The course takes students on an educational journey, starting with...