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Cats Are As Brainy As Bears But Fall Short of Dogs
By Stephanie Pappas published
Dogs win this one, but bears are the real losers.
This Cat Was Buff: Saber-Toothed Kittens Were Muscly
By Laura Geggel published
Prehistoric saber-toothed cats would have been buff even as kittens, according to a new growth chart created for this pointy-toothed feline.
Cosmic Kittens: Saturn Features Get Feline Names
By Hanneke Weitering published
If you know anything about Saturn, you probably know that it's a planet surrounded by rings. But did you know that it's also surrounded by cats?
Six-Toed 'Hemingway Cats' Survive Hurricane Irma
By Rachael Rettner published
More than four dozen cats that live at Ernest Hemingway's historic home in Key West, Florida, survived Hurricane Irma unharmed.
Photos: Champion Cats are Show-Stopping Stunners
By Christine Lunsford published
Meet a few of the cats that took home top prizes for the Cat Fanciers Association show season of 2016 and 2017.
Feline Purr-fection: What Makes a Cat Best of Breed?
By Mindy Weisberger published
What are the traits that identify a domestic cat as the best of its breed?
Photos: Ancient Cat Remains Tell the Tale of Kitty Domestication
By Laura Geggel published
Neolithic farmers in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) domesticated cats about 10,000 years ago to keep vermin at bay, and the kitties, so to speak, went viral on the world stage after that.
Cat Tale: Ancient DNA Reveals How Your Kitty Came to Be
By Laura Geggel published
Modern cat lovers can thank the famers of ancient Anatolia in the Near East for domesticating their fluffy friends about 10,000 years ago, a new study finds.
Are Cats Responsible for 'Cat Ladies'?
By Jack Turban published
The strange neuroscience of the cat parasite called Toxo.
#CatSquare: Why Fluffy Can't Resist Thinking 'Inside the Box'
By Nicholas Dodman published
Twitter recently blew up with posts wondering about the feline fascination with taped squares on the ground. An animal behavior expert explains it's not magic that draws Fluffy to the #CatSquare.
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