Since cats are, after all, a different species than us, their ways of showing pain are also different -- but not so different that you can't learn to recognize when your cat is hurting. Since your cat can't tell you that her back is bothering her, or that ... more »

If you've been looking for something easy and educational for your kids to do on a rainy Saturday afternoon, here are two creative cat toys that any kid can make. Your kids will be kept busy and your cat will appreciate her new playthings -- made with lot ... more »

A large, fluffy black cat grooms and protects a tiny three-legged kitten in Roxanne Ewing's home, where she fosters felines for Pet Refuge, a no-kill shelter in Mishawaka, Indiana. Observing this intimate interaction, it appears as if a mother cat is atte ... more »

Dr. Dennis Turner is one of the world's leading researchers on the feline-human bond. He is co-author of The Domestic Cat: The Biology of its Behaviour, President of the International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations, and Director of ... more »

Cats often surprise us, and usually it's in a good way, such as with an affectionate head butt on the ankle or companionship just when we need it. But sometimes they can rub us the wrong way. For some reason, this usually happens after a long day when all ... more »

If your cat isn't a party animal, you are not alone. Many felines shun social events and seem to prefer solitude to human interaction, which they may fear. This behavior might ruffle your fur since all of us at times want our buddies to share in the fu ... more »

For weeks, Nicholas Dodman's family hardly ever saw their two kittens outside of meal times. That's because Dr. Dodman, DVM, director of the animal behavior clinic at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, adopted kitties that had ... more »

When Christina Tourin?s kitten, Tag, is fast asleep, her meowing can be heard from several rooms away. Tourin, a musician in Mount Laguna, Calif., believes that her jet-black kitty is so vocal because she?s dreaming. And Tourin isn?t alo ... more »

Pet stores don't sell dangling cable wires in their cat toy sections. But if they did, it may just be the next bestseller. The long cable that suddenly appeared from Jennifer Moore's apartment rooftop was all it took to keep her cat up every night for a w ... more »