Domestic cat news, features and articles

The strange neuroscience of the cat parasite called Toxo.

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.

Cats like us! They really like us!

How did a fragrance company distill and bottle the elusive and delicious scent of the fur at the back of a kitten’s neck?

Cats are known to carry a parasite linked to symptoms of psychosis in humans, but despite this, a new study finds no connection between cat ownership and symptoms of psychosis.

A cream used to treat skin cancer and abnormal skin lesions can be lethal for pets, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned today.

The cat's out of the bag — and all over Australia.

Half a dozen pet cats in Idaho were infected with plague this year, according to a new report of the cases.

Cats' tongues are covered in mysterious spines, and a group of engineers has found that the teensy structures are shaped like claws and work like Velcro to clean.

The biggest saber-toothed cat skull ever found is helping scientists understand the range of killing techniques used by these extinct and fearsome predators.