Scientists have long wondered how cats manage to produce their distinctive low-pitched purr, since low-frequency sounds are ...

Cat-owners know the precious purrs and meows of their feline companions by heart, and it probably comes as no surprise to them that both sounds have their own meanings. A chatty cat will meow for any ...

A recent investigation led by voice scientist Christian T. Herbst from the University of Vienna, published in Current Biology, delivers novel insights into how cats produce their purring sounds. A ...

For as standard a part of cat ownership as it is, scientists don't really know all that much about cats' purrs. But a new study reveals a lot more about this odd cat habit, and it turns out there's ...

SciFri Community Manager Kyle Marian Viterbo coaxes her latest interview subject, a cat who resides at Meow Parlor in New York City, to purr. Science Friday recently received a voicemail from a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cats have a unique language constructed especially for humans and made of meows. Susanne Schötz, a specialist in human melody at ...

Cats communicate with a vast vocabulary of meows, howls, and purrs — but meowing, in particular, started when humans began keeping cats as pets. Before domestication, cats mainly communicated through ...

Cats meow to communicate their wants and needs. Most often, this is to greet people, get attention, ask for food or ask to be let in or outside, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ...

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 behavior was ...