Cats in the Crosshairs: How to Confront the Problem of Feral Felines
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.
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My Demons and My Dog and This Anxiety and That Noise
Anxiety is clearest when it’s loud—and most dangerous when it’s quiet.
Research Gone Wild: Crazy Cats
Are those with pet cats more likely to develop schizophrenia?
On the Destinations of Species
It's almost always easier to cross international borders if you're something other than human.
What Does a Typical Animal Hoarder Look Like?
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.
Study: Relationship Between Man and Cat May Be Older Than We Think
Remains suggest cats may have been domesticated in Egypt 5,700 years ago.
Nope, That's a Puma, Not a Wildcat, Panther, or Mountain Lion
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?
The Original Cat Ladies: Cat Imagery in the Suffrage Movement
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.
Survey: Americans Love Dogs, Are Frightened by Snakes
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.
Some Cat Is Running for Mayor in Xalapa, Mexico
As the feline frontrunner for a mayor's race in Mexico suggests, sometimes it takes a political animal to make a protest vote count.