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Do Cats Have a Favourite Paw?
Research on everyday movements suggests that many cats favour one paw. The pattern depends on the animal and the task, not a simple feline version of human handedness.
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Science & SpaceWhy Cats Sleep So Much: Look Beyond the 16-Hour Rule
Understand typical feline sleep ranges, the importance of comfortable resting places and why changes in an individual cat…
Science & SpaceTilcayo: What We Know About Bolivia’s Newly Described Wild Cat
Meet Leopardus tilcayo, the small wild cat from Bolivia's Yungas forests, and discover what the new genetic study…
Science & SpaceWhy Cats Cannot Taste Sweet: Genes, Umami and Feline Taste
The missing sweet receptor is only part of feline taste. What genetics and taste studies show about sugar,…
Science & SpaceDo Cats Know Their Own Names? What the Research Actually Shows
What controlled studies show about cats recognising names, linking faces to sounds and learning picture-word associations.
Science & SpaceFélicette, the Cat Who Went to Space: The Forgotten 1963 Flight
Félicette’s 1963 suborbital flight, the research behind it, the Félix myth and the crowdfunded statue remembering the first…
Science & SpaceHow Cats Land on Their Feet: The Physics of the Righting Reflex
How cats reorient in mid-air, why falling does not break physics, and why the righting reflex cannot make…
Science & SpaceWhy Are Almost All Calico Cats Female? The Genetics of Tortoiseshell Coats
Why calico cats are usually female: X-linked orange colour, developmental mosaics, rare male cats and the limits of…
Science & SpaceThe Cat Purr Frequency Myth: Where the 25 Hz Healing Claim Really Came From
Trace the cat purr healing claim from a conference abstract to vibration experiments, and learn why matching frequencies…
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