A new study by researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the University of Naples Federico II shows a domestic ...

Purring isn’t just comfort. New research suggests cat purrs act like vocal fingerprints, preserving identity even as meows ...

Learn why purrs say more about a cat's identity than its meows, and how domestication forever changed the way cats ...

Cats have a unique language constructed especially for humans and made of meows. Susanne Schötz, a specialist in human melody at Lund University in Sweden and author of The Secret Language of Cats ...

A kitten unable to meow has made a big impression on viewers on social media. Meowing is an ordinary tool of communication for felines, and all cats meow to some extent, with some using their vocal ...

A video of a cat struggling to meow loudly has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was posted by @toastybiscuit, the TikTok account of "a big blond boy" cat named Biscuit with a "tiny meow," according to ...

Once you’ve lived with a cat long enough, you might find yourself talking to it. Your cat meows at you and you’ll say something back — or even meow in response. This is a common exchange — for humans.

Have you ever found yourself meowing back at your cat? Maybe they let out a chirp from the windowsill and you instinctively chirped right back. Or perhaps you struck up a full-blown “conversation” of ...

Why do cats meow? The reasons change as they grow from kittens into cats. Kittens meow to their mothers when they’re hungry, cold, or scared. But once cats get older, they use other vocalizations -- ...

What does a cat’s purring say about it? More than many think. A study reveals surprising insights into the vocal communication of cats. While meowing varies greatly from situation to situation, ...

Whenever my cat meows incessantly in my direction despite my attempts to play with him, I so wish I could just speak meow to figure out what he really wants. (Though I'd place my bets on it being ...