Cats aren’t just silent observers lounging in the sun. They purr, meow, hiss, and even chirp to connect with you.

Researchers found that cats with a shorter repeat in the androgen receptor gene purr more. Males are more vocal, females may ...

Researchers noted that many of the mixed-breed cats in the study were rescued strays. That may explain their increased ...

For as long as humans and cats have lived together, we have been fascinated by many of their behaviours but none more so than their purring. Now scientists in Japan think they have the answer.

Japanese researchers comparing wild and tame felines have uncovered a genetic transformation directly linked to domestication ...

Japanese researchers have now shed some light on one of the most intriguing of these mysteries by discovering the genetic ...