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

As many cat owners will testify, their pets are often mysterious creatures, independent, cunning and sometimes aloof. And now it appears that when it comes to communication, they might be playing ...

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

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

Does your pet cat act differently with some members of your family than it does towards others? A team of researchers in Turkey think they have the answer 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 ...

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 video of a cat struggling to meow loudly has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was posted by @toastybiscuit, the TikTok account of "a big blond boy" cat named Biscuit with a "tiny meow," according to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 -- ...