Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter answers your pet-related questions. Today's column is all about cats and some of the quirks of their anatomy. Meet the pets of the week: Grand Mama, an 8-year-old ...

WASHINGTON — Cat lovers know when kitties groom, their tongues are pretty scratchy. Using high-tech scans and some other tricks, scientists are learning how those sandpapery tongues help cats get ...

Cat tongues are cool. They’re also weird and rough, scratchy, dry and utterly bizarre to look at up close — but mostly cool. This is a point not lost on the multitude of scientists who have devoted ...

Ever wondered what a cat's tongue looks like under a microscope? Neither have we, until we came across a widely shared social media post of a magnified cat's tongue that looks like, well, a bunch of ...

Among other remarkable features, a cat’s tongue is covered in little spines, turning it into the world’s most magical hairbrush. We love our cats for many many reasons, not the least of which is ...

Tiger tongues are not easy to come by. So when 15-year-old Sumatran tiger Kavi died at an Atlanta zoo in 2016, Alexis Noel and David Hu made sure they had dibs on his tongue. Study of tongues from six ...

Cats, depending on your point of view, are cute or aloof, predatory or lazy. What’s indisputable is that they are well-honed little machines. Take their ability to flip over while falling, which makes ...

There’s rarely time to write about every cool science story that comes our way. So this year, we’re running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one story that fell through ...

Q: I have a multi-cat household - both neutered males and spayed females. I've noticed that my males purr louder than my females. Is there a reason behind that? A: The interesting thing about purring ...