Domestic cat news, features and articles

Cats may be able to remember the names of cohabitating cats — but it depends where they live, new research suggests.

Cats that have an extreme response to catnip may look like they're experiencing euphoria.

Here's why cats 'play' with their prey before dealing the death blow.

Here's the science behind the so-called "cat gap," a roughly 7 million-long period in North America in which there aren't any known cat fossils.

It's an instinctual behavior for cats to seek out confined spaces, such as boxes, bags and baskets — Live Science explains why.

Some big cats can roar loudly, but house cats can only meow and purr. Why is that?

A record-breaking female Nathusius' pipistrelle bat traveled more than 1,200 miles from London to Russia, where it was recently killed by a local cat.

Cats like boxes so much, they will even climb into the illusion of a box, scientists find.

If cats were loved, why were so many sacrificed?

Cats have swinging "pouches" on their bellies, but that doesn't mean they're fat.