From Hollywood mansions to small city apartments, cats are redefining what it means to feel at home—and science is finally ...

This is an excerpt from The Cat: A Natural and Cultural History by Dr. Sarah Brown, a cat behavior expert with 30 years' experience working with cats and their humans, with rescue organizations, and ...

When the first drops of whiskey were distilled in medieval Ireland, a silent helper stood nearby. Furred, four-legged, and always ready to deal with unwelcome mice, the cat thus began its long ...

It seems that domestic cats were not the first felines to live with humans, a study undertaken in China has revealed. In fact, the cats we are most familiar with they only arrived in the region via ...

The researchers believe that their findings challenge the notion that domestic cats are uncommunicative, and that they have a ...

Cat owners like to think they’re in charge, but their cats keep proving otherwise. Behavior experts say their tactics work because humans often respond without thinking, and the cat always seems to ...

Kingston-based writer Rebecca van Laer loves cats so much that she wrote a book about them. The concept for “Cat,” her second book, began as an essay as part of a workshop with writer Sheila Heti.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A University of Edinburgh study found that cats with dementia show similar brain damage to humans with Alzheimer’s, offering a ...