Playing fetch? It’s not just for dogs — some cats enjoy it as well, according to a new study. This behavior appears to be self-taught in many cats, with no specific training from their owners. A ...

If you think of a game of fetch, you might picture a dog running back and forth, eagerly retrieving a ball. But a new, first-of-its-kind study in the journal Scientific Reports shows that they're not ...

Are My Cats Playing or Fighting? Sometimes it’s hard to tell when your cats (especially kittens!) are playing with each other and when it’s a knock-down drag-out fight! These are interactions that are ...

Scientists in California are hoping to learn more about cat playtime and are asking for cat parents to help them. On August 17, 2024, Gizmodo shared the study details from researchers at UC Davis.

Source: Tony Harrison, via Flickr. A few years ago, Elizabeth Renner posted a cute video of her cat on Twitter. Renner, a psychologist at Northumbria University, had captured her cat expectantly ...

Researchers surveyed hundreds of people who have cats that play fetch. Though the game is typically associated with dogs, some cats enjoy it, too. They seem to like to play with toys, crumpled balls, ...

Cats tend to dictate games of fetch with their owners and most cats who play fetch learned to do so without explicit training, according to a survey of 924 cat owners published in Scientific Reports.

Cats and robots are a winning combination, as evidenced by all those videos of kitties riding on Roombas. And now we have Cat Royale, a “multispecies” live installation in which three cats regularly ...

A woman who got a dog in the hopes she could play fetch with him didn't get quite what she bargained for. The woman, who ...