Are you listening to me?

human being isn’t at all rude in a cat, however. A cat settling in your lap or nearby who half-closes his eyes isn’t showing a lack of in...

Dead to the world—not!

deep the sleep, cats are never totally “out of it.” Every cat owner knows that even a cat who appears “dead to the world” is very easily aw...

Cat EEGs

brain and the brains of some animals as well. By using the EEG, we’ve learned a lot about cats’ sleep habits, as shown by the wavy line dis...

To sleep, perchance to dream

Dog owners know that dogs dream, as evidenced by their occasional twitching and whimpering while asleep. Do cats dream? Most definitely. Duri...

Say “crepuscular”

eyes make them suited for night activity. But the fact is, although your cat might be active at night, he is not active all night, and in t...

City vs. country

Felis catus , but aside from the many differences among the breeds, there are also behavioral differences based on location. Curiously, some...

Air raid predictors

England, and London in particular, had to endure a lot of German bombs during World War II, so Londoners grew accustomed to the sirens that ...