7 March 2023
Cats have a reputation for being aloof and untamed, but recent studies suggest they may be more attuned to humans than we realise. We may even have solved the mystery of why cats love boxes
14 June 2022
When cats lick and chew catnip or silver vine plants, higher levels of insect-repelling iridoid chemicals are released
6 August 2021
Cats are thought to purr for a number of different reasons, not just when they are content
20 May 2021
Why do cats go crazy for catnip, a plant that doesn't even grow in the same areas as cats live in the wild? Science with Sam investigates
11 February 2021
In a small trial in the UK, pet cats fed on an unusually meaty diet brought home 36 per cent fewer prey animals than cats given a typical diet
28 October 2020
To stop cats killing billions of birds and small mammals every year, we must enlist the help of people who love them, which means getting inside the minds of cat owners
8 January 2020
Beautiful close-ups of endangered big cats make real catwalk look tame
3 July 2019
People's personalities often have more in common with their dog or cat than their friends, and now we know why owners and their animals are such a purr-fect match
11 July 2018
Time to end the scare over hundreds of headless pets that sparked a police inquiry and much anguish among cat owners, says Stephen Harris
14 March 2018
If we don’t limit global warming, tens of thousands of species like tigers could disappear from famous habitats like the Amazon rainforest and Galapagos islands
