A glasses-wearing cat in Pennsylvania is going viral. Danielle Crull, a local eye doctor, rescued Truffles 4 years ago. Now, she uses Truffles at her medical practice to comfort kids who might need glasses or eye patches for the first time. ‘The story that happens over and over is a little one is crying and…

Hikari Hida and Mike Ives report A Digital Cat Is Melting Hearts (and Napping a Lot) in Japan: The cat yawns here and there, and at 1 a.m. it drops off to sleep for about six hours, resting its head on white paws that hug the side of what appears to be an open-air perch…

Around 3:45 pm, Captain Alan Hancock and his Engine 27 A Platoon crew responded to a rescue near S. 94th E. Avenue and E. 27th Street. Apparently, a cat climbed high up into a tree. Its owner was so concerned for the feline that he climbed up to attempt a rescue. Unfortunately, they both found…

Jeva Lange writes A short history of White House cats: “Cats,” wrote The Conversation gravely in 2013, “remain under-represented in Washington.” It’s a problem that the Bidens are set to remedy. Last week, first lady Jill Biden teased that a cat is “waiting in the wings” to join the family and their two dogs at…

The Tree House Humane Society has placed over 1,000 [neutered] feral cats onto Chicago streets since 2012.

After lurking through a San Francisco neighborhood and alarming some residents for two days, a 2-year-old, 100-pound male mountain lion was captured Wednesday night after retreating up a tree in Bernal Heights. Unable to make a discreet exit — as he was smack-dab in the middle of the city, surrounded by curious neighbors and gawkers…

The Associated Press reports Cat jumps from fifth-floor of burning Chicago building, bounces once and runs away: Chicago Fire Department personnel were taking a video of the exterior of the building as firefighters were extinguishing the blaze when a black cat appeared through billowing smoke at a broken window. The feline briefly tested the side…