Cats
Cats
Friday Catblogging: What’s The Story Behind Japan’s Lucky Cats?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats, Medicine, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: Cats’ Genomes
by JOHN ADAMS •
In One More Thing We Have in Common With Cats, Katherine Wu writes about the similarities between feline and human genomes: Cats, it turns out, harbor genomes that look and behave remarkably like ours. “Other than primates, the cat-human comparison is one of the closest you can get,” with respect to genome organization, Leslie Lyons, an…
Cats, Games/Puzzles
Friday Catblogging: Stray Walkthrough
by JOHN ADAMS •
Game producer Swann talks about the world of Stray, as well as what to expect with gameplay and characters you’ll come across as a cat. Coming early 2022 to PS5, PS4, and Steam. The good news: it looks exciting. The bad news: it’s not out until early 2022. (Time to revise one’s 2021 Christmas list.)…
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Friday Catblogging: Glasses-Wearing Cat in Pennsylvania Goes Viral
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Giant 3D cat on Tokyo billboard dazzles passersby
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: Why Cats Do These 6 Things
by JOHN ADAMS •
Narimes Parakul writes Why your cat does these 6 things, according to science: Having a cat (or several) can add companionship and warmth to any household. As you share each other’s space, however, you may have noticed a few quirks that your cat exhibits, varying from adorable to plainly bizarre. Emma Grigg, animal behaviorist with…
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cat and Owner Rescued from Tree
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats
Friday Catblogging: White House Cats
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Cats, Nature
Friday Catblogging: Jaguars Could Make Make a Southwestern Comeback
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embed from Getty Images Coral Murphy Marcos reports Jaguars could be reintroduced in US south-west, study says: Jaguars could be reintroduced in the south-western US, where hunting and habitat loss led to the big cats’ extinction, a new study says. Scientists and other environmentalists make the case for bringing back the third-largest big cat, after tigers…
Cats, History, Language
Friday Catblogging: Why do we say ‘cat got your tongue?’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cats v. Chicago’s Rats
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cat v. Coyote
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats
Friday Catblogging: San Francisco Mountain Lion Visits Oakland Zoo
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…