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A day at work for Mark Wardle can include accompanying cats to Hollywood film sets or high-end magazine shoots. As an “animal talent booker and fur…

A newlywed couple who married in Greece have said they feared the worst when three kittens they rescued from Crete went missing after being left in…

Calum WatsonBBC Scotland NewsGetty ImagesScientists in Edinburgh discovered that feline dementia could share many factors with Alzheimer’s in humansCats develop dementia in a similar way to…

I’m in love with my cat. He sleeps by my writing desk all day on the cotton lining of my inside-out parka. At the end of…

Scientists are trained to thoroughly investigate their new ideas. Sometimes, however, their preliminary research can go down strange rabbit holes, leading to interpretations of evidence that…

On August 5, 1945—the day before the world ended—Frank Sinatra was at a yacht club in San Pedro, California. There, he is reported to have rescued…

This Strange Mutation Explains the Mystifying Color of Orange CatsYour orange cat may host a never-before-seen genetic pathway for color pigmentation, according to new studiesBy Gayoung…

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: It’s time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR’s science podcast. I’m joined here in studio by the show’s two…

Approximately 80% of orange cats are male. But why? Rebecca Ramirez/NPR hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Ramirez/NPR Approximately 80% of orange cats are male. But why?…