A new study reveals that a cat's purr reveals more about its identity and emotions than the familiar, flexible meow.

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

Anyone who lives with a cat may have tried it: a playful meow to greet or respond to the animal’s sounds. But what do cats ...

Meeaaaoow rises like a question mark before dawn. Anyone living with a cat knows their sounds: broken chirrups like greetings, low growls that warn, purrs stitched into sleepy conversation.

Agatha is not a cat, she's a boat. We all adore cats, but you know what we love even more? Cats with meows that are so busted, they sound like they come from another dimension. It's like having an ...

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 ...

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.

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Anyone who’s lived with a cat knows that there’s no “one-size-fits-all” meow. Rather, a cat has a diverse meow-cabulary, with different sounds used in different situations. Other animals have similar ...

On average, cats meowed more than twice as often during those first moments with men. That difference held steady regardless ...

Children are taught from a young age that dogs bark, cows moo and cats meow. The exact reasons behind the latter, however, are still debated among cat behaviorists to this day. According to the ...

The issue of why cats meow -- along with many other questions -- is tackled in a new book called "The Cat's Meow." dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images What do cats mean when they meow? Why do modern ...