On a spring afternoon in 2017, Alexis Noel stood at her lab bench. In one hand, she held a slab of raw pork; in the other, a freshly dissected tongue. Noel, a biomechanist at the Georgia Institute of ...

Cats love to groom themselves almost as much as they love to sleep, spending up to one-quarter of their waking hours cleaning their fur. The secret to their self-cleaning success? The spines on their ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LEWISTON — On a recent morning at Bates College, 19 students conducted an ...

One day, research engineer Alexis Noel’s cat, Murphy, was blithely licking away—as cats do—when he got his tongue stuck on a microfiber blanket. The cat licked himself free, but Noel was fascinated by ...

If you’ve ever been licked by a cat, you know it feels more like sandpaper than skin. The gritty texture is actually a powerful tool built by nature. Scientists have studied it closely, and what ...

WASHINGTON — Cat lovers know when kitties groom, their tongues are pretty scratchy. Using high-tech scans and some other tricks, scientists are learning how those sandpapery tongues help cats get ...

There’s rarely time to write about every cool science story that comes our way. So this year, we’re running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one story that fell through ...

Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter answers your pet-related questions. Today's column is all about cats and some of the quirks of their anatomy. Meet the pets of the week: Grand Mama, an 8-year-old ...

Cats always choose to clean themselves at really opportune times — when you're giving your date a tour of your apartment, or having an awkward conversation with your parents, they'll decide it's the ...

Susan Hazel is on the Dog & Cat Management Board of South Australia. Have you ever been licked by a cat? If so you’ll know the feline tongue feels more like sandpaper than satin. A cat’s tongue is ...

Q: I have a multi-cat household - both neutered males and spayed females. I've noticed that my males purr louder than my females. Is there a reason behind that? A: The interesting thing about purring ...