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The World’s Deadliest Cat Is a 2-pound Furball That Lives in Abandoned Holes Dug by Strange, Kangaroo-like Rodents in Africa
4+ hour, 48+ min ago (750+ words) Researchers used laser technology to track the secret underground lives of Africa's smallest cats. Survival in this harsh, semiarid landscape depends not just on stealth and hunting skill, but also on these hidden interdependencies. Famously'more efficient hunters'than lions or leopards,…...
A New Museum Exhibit Shows That Medieval People Were Just as Obsessed With Their Cats as We Are Today
2+ week, 5+ day ago (904+ words) Paws on Parchment: A collection of cool artworks that show before cat memes, there were cool cat manuscripts. A careless moment in a 15th-century workshop involving one curious cat walking across freshly inked parchment has turned into a rare time…...
Horses Can Literally Smell Our Fear—and They React to It
2+ week, 5+ day ago (529+ words) Horses can detect fear in humans from their sweat alone. A new study suggests that horses can perceive human fear without seeing or hearing a person, relying instead on subtle chemical cues carried by scent. In experiments published in PLOS…...
The Ozempic Revolution is Finally Coming for Our Pets. Up next: Chonky Cats
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (607+ words) Home " Science " Home science "Chonky" cats might be internet stars, but they are also facing a health crisis. The internet loves a rotund tabby. We call them "cute" or "chonky" and praise them as "absolute units." But while they may…...
Cats Scream Louder at Men and It's Probably the Men's Fault
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (722+ words) Cats are just reading the room. If you think your cat screams at some people more than others, you're not imagining things. A new study suggests cats meow significantly more when greeting their male caregivers than their female ones. And…...
Ancient Genomes Show How Cats Actually Conquered the World
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (763+ words) Ancient genomes rewrite the story of cat domestication, showing their late arrival in Europe. Through us, cats have conquered the world, living almost everywhere humans do. Yet, we've never fully understood how they decided to tolerate us'or when that relationship…...
Orange Cats Are Genetically Unlike Any Other Mammal and Now We Know Why
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (772+ words) The iconic coats are due to a mutation not seen in other animals. Kaelin now believes he has the answer. In a 2025 study, Kaelin and colleagues report they've pinpointed the peculiar genetic mutation behind the orange coat in cats " and…...
Having a cat literally changes your brain (and the cat's)
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (890+ words) Home " Science " Home science Cats may have a reputation for independence, but emerging research suggests we share a unique connection with them " fuelled by brain chemistry. The main chemical involved is oxytocin, often called the love hormone. It's the same…...
Dementia In Cats Mirrors Alzheimer’s In Humans And It Could Transform Research For Both Species
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (790+ words) Researchers find feline dementia mimics human Alzheimer's at the cellular level. By the time a cat reaches its late teens, it may start to behave differently " wandering the house at night, calling out more often, getting lost in familiar rooms....
Two Wild Cats Thought to Be Disappearing in Pakistan Just Reappeared on Camera
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (751+ words) These rare cats were almost impossible to spot in Pakistan until now. Conservationists snapped images of two small wildcat species in Pakistan earlier this year: an Asiatic caracal (Caracal caracal'schimitzi) and a sand cat (Felis margarita) " both which are incredibly…...