Why Your Cat Is Weird

Felines who fetch are an evolutionary mystery.

This is what happens when you give a psychoactive drug to your pet.

“Vision has evolved to answer questions having to do with boundaries and contours.”

Scientists say this one weird trick will make a cat like you, or at least not be so repulsed by you.

Studies of cat migration reveal that domesticated felines were at home in Pre-Neolithic Poland around 8,000 years ago.

Cats love to knock stuff over and push things off tables, which can lead to a lot of broken items. Are they mean-spirited goblins that hate your stuff? Sort of—but not exactly. Here’s the truth about this annoying behavior and how you can prevent it.

They do what they want, all the time—and can teach us a lot about how to live in the present, be content and learn from our experience.

Although cats are evolved for night-time activity, during domestication they have adapted to human lifestyles. There’s plenty you can do to try and get your cat to stop waking you in the wee hours.

Treating my cat for depression caused me to question the state of anxiety in animals and us.

Ars chats with physicist Greg Gbur about his book, Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics.

Scientists confirm that slow blinks are an effective way to connect with a cat.

Kneading is typical kitten behaviour but may be retained into adulthood because it can help communicate messages.

It’s not what you think.

Does whispering “pspspsps” trigger some deep-seated evolutionary response in your cat? Here’s what feline experts think the noise means.

Domestic felines distinguish between their monikers and similar-sounding words, research shows.

The possibilities of pigmentation are endless.

Cats and humans have different ways of communicating and sometimes that can lead to problems.

Are they in league with the devil? Will they steal your baby’s breath? People have thought so before.

What if you could make your cat hypoallergenic with biotechnology?

From the Cheshire Cat to Behemoth, Macavity to Mrs. Norris.

Answers to all your pressing questions about weird dog behavior, from head tilts to why small pups think they’re bigger than they are. Plus—is your dog really using buttons to talk to you?