Anyone who lives with a cat may have tried it: a playful meow to greet or respond to the animal’s sounds. But what do cats ...

New research reveals cats are smart communicators. They meow more when men enter a home. This is a learned behaviour to get ...

A new study reveals that a cat's purr reveals more about its identity and emotions than the familiar, flexible meow.

Purring isn’t just comfort. New research suggests cat purrs act like vocal fingerprints, preserving identity even as meows ...

Cats meow more at owners who are men than women, new research has found, possibly because men tend to be more aloof when it ...

A new study suggests cats meow more frequently and loudly at male caregivers because men tend to speak less to them, prompting cats to work harder for attention. Researchers found this pattern across ...

What does a cat’s purring say about it? More than many think. A study reveals surprising insights into the vocal ...

Cat owners like to think they’re in charge, but their cats keep proving otherwise. Behavior experts say their tactics work because humans often respond without thinking, and the cat always seems to ...

Have you ever found yourself meowing back at your cat? Maybe they let out a chirp from the windowsill and you instinctively chirped right back. Or perhaps you struck up a full-blown “conversation” of ...

A new study by researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the University of Naples Federico II shows a domestic ...