Embed from Getty Images Julia Henning has a quiz that you can take to see how well you know your cat’s language: While often miscast as mysterious or hard to understand, cats are actually excellent communicators. In fact, in free-ranging cat colonies, physical fights are kept to a minimum through clever use of body posturing, scent exchange…

Laura Elin Pigott writes of what owning a cat does to your brain (and theirs): Cats may have a reputation for independence, but emerging research suggests we share a unique connection with them – fuelled by brain chemistry. The main chemical involved is oxytocin, often called the love hormone. It’s the same neurochemical that surges…