Most people who are allergic to cats aren’t reacting to the fur—they’re reacting to a protein in cat saliva called Fel d 1.

Imagine a sound so soft, so mysterious, it feels like a gentle hug for your soul. That’s a cat’s purr—a soothing melody ...

Cats sleep between 12 and 16 hours a day, and a new study suggests that most of them prefer to catch these Z's while lying on ...

AI is shedding new light on the 12,000-year conversation between cats and their humans, suggesting that house cats wield a ...

It's a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across ...

Cats prefer to sleep on their left side to protect themselves from predators, a study has found. The pets sleep for up to 16 hours a day and often curl up or stretch out for a snooze in opportune ...

A company is working on new advancements that could let use talk to our cats using AI. If successful, it could finally turn ...

Researchers surveyed the DNA of more than 200 cats spanning the last 9,000 years, including ancient Romanian cat remains, Egyptian cat mummies, and modern African wildcat specimens.

Toxoplasma gondii is an incredibly pervasive parasite that can infect pretty much any warm-blooded animal, taking up ...

Scientists at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have found that dog and cat allergens are present in ...

The scientists acknowledged that many of the cats taking part in the study were rescued strays, which could go some way to explaining their propensity for meowing.

Infection with a common parasite can seriously disrupt the brain function of intermediate hosts – potentially including ...