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American Cats Are Too Fat — But This Diet Can Help
By Brandon Specktor published
How do you get a house cat to lose weight? The onus is on the owner.
If Your Cat Swats with Its Left Paw, It's Probably Male
By Brandon Specktor published
Cats have dominant paws (and will probably slap you with them).
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?
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