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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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.

Cats meow to communicate their wants and needs. Most often, this is to greet people, get attention, ask for food or ask to be let in or outside, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 -- ...