The name "jaguar" comes from a Native American word meaning "he who kills with one leap".

Unlike dogs, cats do not have a sweet tooth. Scientists believe this is due to a...

A cat named Dusty, aged 1 7, living in Bonham, Texas, USA, gave birth to her 420th...

Researchers believe the word “tabby” comes from Attabiyah, a neighborhood in Baghdad,...

Smuggling a cat out of ancient Egypt was punishable by death. Phoenician traders...

A cat will tremble or shiver when it is in extreme pain.

Cats can predict earthquakes. We humans are not 100% sure how they do it. There are...

If your cat snores, or rolls over on his back to expose his belly, it means he trusts you.

In ancient Egypt, when a family cat died, all family members would shave their eyebrows...

Edward Lear, author of \The Owl and the Pussycat\"", is said to have had his new house...

A cat’s back is extremely flexible because it has up to 53 loosely fitting vertebrae....

On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has...

There are approximately 60,000 hairs per square inch on the back of a cat and about...

The smallest pedigreed cat is a Singapura, which can weigh just 4 lbs (1.8 kg), or...

Cats' hearing is much more sensitive than humans and dogs.

The cat who holds the record for the longest non-fatal fall is Andy. He fell from the...

Many cats love having their forehead gently stroked.

The name "jaguar" comes from a Native American word meaning "he who kills with one leap".

Smuggling a cat out of ancient Egypt was punishable by death. Phoenician traders...

A cat’s hearing is better than a dog’s. And a cat can hear high-frequency sounds up to...

Since cats are so good at hiding illness, even a single instance of a symptom should be...

Most cats had short hair until about 100 years ago, when it became fashionable to own...

A cat can jump 5 times as high as it is tall.

Sir Isaac Newton is credited with creating the concept for the pet door that many cats...

The tiniest cat on record is Mr. Pebbles, a 2-year-old cat that weighed 3 lbs (1.3 k)...