Cats

Black footed cats are already a threatened species, and habitat fragmentation is now causing increased rates of interbreeding, placing them at higher risk of disease.

Scientific research on how cats view us is mixed, but one thing is clear — they don't adore us the way dogs do.

What you think is cat vomit may actually be something else, like a fur ball or regurgitation.

Retrieving isn't just for dogs, but the emerging science of cat play can't fully explain the feline phenomenon.

Clouded leopards can rotate their ankle joints by almost 180 degrees and they kill prey by biting the back of their necks with their huge teeth.

The cat family has an amazing array of eye colors stemming from one unusual ancestor.

Obesity is wreaking havoc on cats' digestive systems, causing "significant changes" in their gut microbial compositions and giving them highly acidic poop.

Researchers recorded hundreds of facial expressions in cats, finding they're not quite as aloof as previously thought.

Despite humans living with cats for thousands of years, scientists still don’t quite know how they make purring sounds. But new research appears to be edging us closer.

The footage of a puma hunting sheep was captured with thermal imaging cameras in the Patagonian wilderness as part of a new National Geographic show.