Cats have a reputation for being aloof, but new behavioral research suggests they are paying closer attention to us than we ...

A small study reveals that cats greet male owners more vocally than female ones. But the findings could be a result of ...

Perhaps also surprising, the remains of cats and artistic depictions of them have been observed in various archaeological ...

Purring isn’t just comfort. New research suggests cat purrs act like vocal fingerprints, preserving identity even as meows ...

A new study overturns previous findings that domestic cats originated thousands of years earlier. An African wildcat (Felis lybica) rests on a rock in Kruger National Park, South Africa. So far, ...

WorldAnimalFoundation.org is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn More There’s something incredibly captivating about a long-haired cat.

Cats might agree. A new study shows that they meow more when greeting men than women who return home. Research published in ...

WorldAnimalFoundation.org is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Learn More Cats have been living alongside humans for thousands of years, ...

Cats seem to be succeeding at world domination; they live on every continent except Antarctica. While researchers know that modern-day house cats descended from the African wildcat (Felis lybica ...

If you have ever lived with a cat, you might be familiar with the phrase or the feeling that nobody really owns a cat, they own you. Perhaps that is because scientists consider household cats to only ...