Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Suzanne Marshall / Moment via Getty Images Cats communicate in a variety of ways, including purrs, meows, and hisses, in addition ...

We often regard the fuzzy felines sharing our homes as still something of a mystery. Cats, like dogs, can make loving, fulfilling and entertaining pets, but they are distinctly different from our ...

Most animals communicate using scent, but scientists have now uncovered that each cat's signal is based on the type of bacteria living in their butts. Every cat has its own unique cocktail of bacteria ...

"Your cat is communicating affection when they do this," Dr. Hunt reveals. "Cats have scent glands on the base of their tails, which emit pheromones. A cat that gives you a tail whop is spreading ...

Learn more about the complicated ways cats communicate and how new research is trying to understand the power behind the meow. You may have heard that cats meow only for their humans. But is this true ...

Cats like many other animals use scent to communicate with each other. A new UC Davis study characterizes the range of scent chemicals from cats and the bacteria that make them. (UC Davis photo) Many ...