Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Serval cats are wild cats native to Africa that resemble smaller leopards. While some people have domesticated them as pets, they ...

Shannon Moneo is a freelance journalist based in Sooke, B.C. I had never heard of a serval until a decade ago, when one was hit by a truck and killed very close to where I live on Vancouver Island.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A side-by-side comparison of a tall cheetah and a smaller serval standing in the African savanna. The serval has noticeably larger ...

Playing in the leaf pile is a rite of passage for so many kids, and as it turns out, pets. Dogs and cats both love taking turns frolicking in nature's confetti. However, they aren't the only animals ...

After a wildcat being kept as a pet got loose in a Vernon Hills neighborhood, a state representative introduced legislation proposing a ban on the possession of the African feline, called a serval, in ...

A new study finds that servals have surprisingly high densities in the Sasol Secunda petrochemical industrial complex in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The study authors concluded that this wildcat, native ...

Ever since the industrial revolution, human activities have resulted in rapid environmental changes including degradation, fragmentation, and destruction of habitat, climate change and biodiversity ...

A Missouri family has seen some strange things prowl on their farmland in the Ozark Mountains, but discovering a wild African cat was a first. The Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge in Eureka Springs, ...

You love lynxes. You're mad for mountain lions. And lions? You'd be lying if you said you didn't have more than a few photos of the fabulous felines up around the house. But the serval? It's a cat ...

Serval cats are wild cats native to Africa that resemble smaller leopards. While some people have domesticated them as pets, they still retain many of their wild instincts. @chloetheserval is one of ...

Cheetahs and servals are two spotted African wild cats with a lean, elegant build. But what are the most obvious differences between them? There are many qualities that make these cats seem related: ...