The small "pocket" on the outside of a cat's ear. Its exact function is still unclear - but there are a few theories. Biologist and PETBOOK editor Saskia Schneider explains what they are and why you ...

With NBA play resuming on Wednesday, now is a good time to hold a roundtable discussing a few questions that will impact ...

For the briefest moment earlier this year, the Eurasian lynx — extinct in the U.K. for thousands of years — returned to the ...

Think big cats are the only fierce predators? Think again! Small wild cats may not have the size of lions or tigers, but their hunting skills, agility, and ferocity are just as deadly. Across Africa, ...

Olney, Illinois, has taken steps to protect an iconic mammal from domesticated felines, setting a possible model for other ...

While cats are often surrounded by toys of all shapes and sizes, they seem to find the greatest joy in the simplest of ...

Why do cats like hair ties? We found out why these simple elastic bands are so appealing – plus, why you want to keep them ...

One woman is doing research for her home country in southern Asia from right here in South Dakota. You could say that Karma ...

A foot-and-a-half-long snake was way out of its comfort zone on Sunday and somehow ended up inside a banana shipment at a Market Basket in New Hampshire.

With sharp catlike teeth and a doglike body, ancient carnivores called hyaenodonts were once at the top of the food chain, ...

An employee at Market Basket in Manchester found the ornate cat-eyed snake inside a shipment. The snake is now being handled ...