This is a story that goes back thousands of years. Originally, cats were solitary creatures. This means they preferred to live and hunt alone, rather than in groups. Most of their social behaviour was ...

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 ...

It’s genuinely so sweet when a rescue pet finally feels safe enough to show their real personality. Ernie is a perfect ...

Once you’ve lived with a cat long enough, you might find yourself talking to it. Your cat meows at you and you’ll say something back — or even meow in response. This is a common exchange — for humans.

As many cat owners will testify, their pets are often mysterious creatures, independent, cunning and sometimes aloof. And now it appears that when it comes to communication, they might be playing ...

Whenever my cat meows incessantly in my direction despite my attempts to play with him, I so wish I could just speak meow to figure out what he really wants. (Though I'd place my bets on it being ...

Learn more about the complicated ways cats communicate and how new research is trying to understand the power behind the meow. You may have heard that cats meow only for their humans. But is this true ...

Meet Authur, the vocal Tuxedo cat who has a lot to say. He made sure not to hold back his displeasure after he discovered his ...

Source: Jonathan Losos/with permission. A few weeks ago I was reading New Scientist magazine and came across a review called "Wild at Heart" about a new book by eminent evolutionary biologist Dr.