Felines may not literally have nine lives, but this is one reason they sometimes seem to.

This feline mystery has been solved.

New research suggests that cats are able to land right side up due to the flexibility of their spine. It's a unique ...

In 1894, French physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey tried to resolve a particularly vexing question in science: How do cats always seem to land on their feet when they fall? Using the era’s rudimentary ...

First paper on the subject written in 1700, but feline researchers have failed to arrive at a satisfactory explanation ...

It’s a question that has puzzled animal lovers for centuries: why do cats always land on their feet? A new study by scientists in Japan has discovered that the secret is in a cat’s spine. The Flemish ...

Why do falling cats always seem to land on their feet? Scientists have been arguing about the precise mechanism for a very long time—since at least 1700, in fact—conducting all manner of experiments ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: As any ailurophile—the unnecessarily fancy way to reference a cat lover—knows, felines have the almost supernatural ability to pull off a hushed ...

Cats seem to have a built-in superpower: they almost always land on their feet. This ability comes from a natural reflex and clever use of basic physics. When a cat begins to fall, its inner ear ...