Cat News

Posted June 14, 2013:

• Wild Cheetah Accelerate Fast and Reach Speeds of Up to 58 Miles Per Hour During a Hunt

Posted May 23, 2013:

• White Tiger Mystery Solved: Coat Color Produced by Single Change in Pigment Gene

Posted May 21, 2013:

• Over 80% of Dogs Suffer from Hypothermia After Surgery With Anesthetic

Posted May 8, 2013:

• Dietary Flexibility May Have Helped Some Large Predators Survive After Last Ice Age

Posted April 29, 2013:

• Cat and Mouse: One Gene Is Necessary for Mice to Avoid Predators

Posted April 24, 2013:

• Museum Find Proves Exotic ‘big Cat’ Prowled British Countryside a Century Ago

Posted April 23, 2013:

• A Beautiful Species of Tree Iguana Redescribed 179 Years After Its Discovery

Posted April 22, 2013:

• Is Pet Ownership Sustainable?

Posted April 18, 2013:

• Study of Pumas in Santa Cruz Mountains Documents Impact of Predator/human Interaction

Posted April 11, 2013:

• Molecular Techniques Are 'Man's New Best Friend' in Pet Obesity Research

Posted April 8, 2013:

• Plant Proteins Control Chronic Disease in Toxoplasma Infections

Posted March 25, 2013:

• Mathematical Butterflies Provide Insight Into How Insects Fly

Posted March 22, 2013:

• For the First Time Iberian Lynx Embryos Are Collected and Preserved

Posted March 18, 2013:

• Putting the Clock in 'Cock-a-Doodle-Doo'

Posted March 14, 2013:

• Five-Million-Year-Old Saber-Toothed Cat in Newly Discovered Genus Discovered in Florida

Posted March 8, 2013:

• 'Marshall Plan' for African Wildlife?
• India: Leopards in the Backyard

Posted March 5, 2013:

• Almost Half of Africa's Lions Facing Extinction, New Report Confirms

Posted February 28, 2013:

• Where the Wild Things Go … When There's Nowhere Else

Posted February 27, 2013:

• Cryopreservation: A Chance for Highly Endangered Mammals

Posted February 19, 2013:

• Raw Meat Diet May Not Be Enough for Cats (or Tigers): Pet Owners Risk Increased Pathogens, Nutrient Imbalances
• Diagnosis and Treatment Now Possible for Osteoarthritic Cats

Posted February 5, 2013:

• Caring for Dogs to Reduce Spread of Parasite Eggs Harmful to Humans

Posted February 1, 2013:

• Invasion of Feral Cats Could See the End of a Seabird Endemic to the Mediterranean
• Cats and Humans Suffer from Similar Forms of Epilepsy

Posted January 28, 2013:

• Stable Fisher Population Found in the Southern Sierra Nevada

Posted January 17, 2013:

• New Research Throws Doubt on Earlier 'Killer Walrus' Claims

Posted January 16, 2013:

• Leopards and Tigers in India: New Genetics Research Underscores Importance of Protecting Forest Corridors

Posted December 26, 2012:

• Evidence Contradicts Idea That Starvation Caused Saber-Tooth Cat Extinction
• Tigers Roar Back: Great News for Big Cats in Key Areas

Posted December 23, 2012:

• Study Turns Parasite Invasion Theory on Its Head

Posted December 13, 2012:

• Researchers Find First Evidence of Ice Age Wolves in Nevada
• New Study Brings Long-Sought Vaccines for Deadly Parasite Closer to Reality

Posted December 12, 2012:

• Cane Toads Can Be Stopped
• Injured Tiger Saved by Village

Posted December 11, 2012:

• Virus-Host Co-Evolution: How Specialized Should a Strain of a Multi-Host Virus Be?

Posted December 6, 2012:

• How Common 'Cat Parasite' Gets Into Human Brain and Influences Human Behavior

Posted December 4, 2012:

• African Savannah -- And Its Lions -- Declining at Alarming Rates

Posted November 29, 2012:

• Camera Trap Photo of Rare Cat Wins Prize

Posted November 27, 2012:

• A Rather Thin and Long New Snake Crawls out of One of Earth's Biodiversity Hotspots

Posted November 12, 2012:

• Call for Global Monitoring of Infectious Diseases in Dogs and Cats

Posted November 7, 2012:

• City Birds Adapt to Their New Predators

Posted November 6, 2012:

• Saber-Toothed Cats and Bear Dogs: How They Made Cohabitation Work

Posted October 30, 2012:

• New Cat Breed, Selkirk Rex, Genetically Different from Other Curly-Haired Cats

Posted October 29, 2012:

• Where Does a 500-Pound Sea Lion Spit?

Posted October 23, 2012:

• Don't Be So Fast to Judge a Cat by Its Color, New Study Warns

Posted October 22, 2012:

• Kittens: Their Microbiomes Are What They Eat

Posted October 11, 2012:

• DNA Confirms Genetically Distinct Lion Population for Ethiopia

Posted October 9, 2012:

• Go West, Young Lion: New Study Shows Mountain Lions Dispersing from Nevada to California

Posted October 3, 2012:

• Onset of Flu Season Raises Concerns About Human-to-Pet Transmission

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