Cats

Conservationists can never perfectly manage an ecosystem, but this is a problem that's creating an obvious ecological imbalance and should—and can—be addressed.

• By James McWilliams

Vigilantes who hunt down feral cats run up against animal-cruelty laws and social norms; one Texas veterinarian sparked outrage after she bragged on Facebook about killing what she thought was a feral tomcat with a bow and arrow.

• By Peter Andrey Smith

Anxiety is clearest when it’s loud—and most dangerous when it’s quiet.

• By Hanif Abdurraqib

Are those with pet cats more likely to develop schizophrenia?

• By Pacific Standard Staff

It's almost always easier to cross international borders if you're something other than human.

• By Rose Dakin

A new study involving more than 1,200 animals attempts to establish a profile of people who have so many pets that they're unable to care for them properly.

• By Zazie Todd

Remains suggest cats may have been domesticated in Egypt 5,700 years ago.

• By Tom Jacobs

The large, wild cat native to North America goes by many names—wildcat, catamount, panther, mountain lion—but, technically, none of those are correct. How do we have such varied interpretations of an animal we rarely still interact with?

• By Seth Rosenthal

How—and why—cats were so often used to portray suffragettes as silly, infantile, incompetent, and ill-suited to political engagement during the women's suffrage movement in the United States.

• By Corey Wrenn

Happy National Cat Day!

• By Ryan O'Hanlon

The results of a recent survey show that Americans prefer dogs over cats—but they still do not understand the gravity of the feline threat.

• By Ryan O'Hanlon

As the feline frontrunner for a mayor's race in Mexico suggests, sometimes it takes a political animal to make a protest vote count.

• By Michael Todd