A pictorial gallery of the big cats found around the world! Brief text accompanies amazing photographs of these beautiful creatures.

From the Royal Collection in London, this is the permanent collection entry for Cats, Lions and a Dragon, a drawing by Italian Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci.

Diagrams and discussion of the "collection of 1-dimensional records" that make up a CAT scan.

A close up photo of a black cat with long whiskers staring intensely past the photographer. Learn about the cat with our range of fun cat facts for kids.

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Gestural drawings of cats and other small animals by Leonardo.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "State Cat of Maine - Maine Coon Cat."

This sarcophagus of a cat is decorated with scenes showing the cat standing before an offering table. On the sides, Isis is stretching her wings to provide protection.

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Among the animals that the ancient Egyptians respected and venerated, was the cat. They called it Bastet and it was the patron deity of the Memphite necropolis at Saqqara. The statue of Bastet shows the goddess in characteristic Egyptian...

This ostracon shows a cheerful episode from an Egyptian folktale showing a cat acting as a guide and protector to a flock of six ducks or geese.

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A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Cat."