Cats
Cats, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: What Cats Think
by JOHN ADAMS •
Felicity Muth writes What We Understand about Cats and What They Understand about Us: One way in which we frequently attempt to interact with the animals that live with us is by pointing at things. It is possible that this shows our limitations rather than our animal friends since this is a particularly human means…
Cats, Nature, Weird Tales
Friday Catblogging: Not Humans After All
by JOHN ADAMS •
A years-long search for a serial cat killer has found unexpected culprits. Amy Held reports London Police Outfoxed, Abandon 3-Year Search For Serial Cat Killer: It was a damp and dreary November nearly three years ago, when the London Metropolitan Police decided it was time to act. People kept calling with reports of grisly findings:…
Cats, Science/Nature
That Time a Cat Co-Authored a Physics Paper
by JOHN ADAMS •
Eric Grundhauser writes In 1975, a Cat Co-Authored a Physics Paper: Jack H. Hetherington was a professor of physics at Michigan State University in 1975, when he finished what would become an influential and often-cited physics paper. The academic writing, entitled Two-, Three-, and Four-Atom Exchange Effects in bcc 3He, was an in-depth exploration of…
Art, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Fluffy ‘Ball of Fur’ Cat Illustrations by Kamwei Fong
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Stella’s Nap
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Flatbush Bodega Cat
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Cats, Nature
Friday Catblogging: Lynx
by JOHN ADAMS •
The trial reintroduction of six Eurasian lynx in the Kielder Forest in Northumberland has become more likely as 100% of the landowners approached so far have given their approval. Read the full story: https://t.co/AdtJONrThM ? Neville Buck pic.twitter.com/5avhPHXpCr — BBC Wildlife (@WildlifeMag) August 14, 2018
Adventure, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Get Paid to Hang Out With 55 Cats on a Beautiful Greek Island
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cady Lang reports How to Get Paid to Hang Out With 55 Cats on a Beautiful Greek Island: If hanging out with a bunch of cats on an island in the Aegean Sea sounds like your idea of paradise, look no further than this very real dream job listing. God’s Little People Cat Rescue, a cat sanctuary on the beautiful…
Cats, Nature, Wisconsin
Friday Catblogging: Milwaukee-Area Cougar
by JOHN ADAMS •
Henry J. Morgan reports The Wisconsin cougar has returned. This time reportedly in Lisbon as several residents see the wildcat: According to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the cougar (puma concolor) is one of three wild cats native to the state, along with the bobcat and Canada lynx. It is the largest wildcat north…
Cats, Nature
Friday Catblogging: These Wildcats Need the Forest to Survive
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats
Friday Catblogging: A Cat Census for Washington, D.C.
by JOHN ADAMS •
Justin Wm. Moyer reports on a privately-funded count of Washington’s cats: You might know a Tiger, a Tigger or a Mr. Whiskers. But how many cats are really living in the streets and sleeping on the couches of the District? By spending $1.5 million over three years, a consortium of scientists and animal welfare organizations…
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cats in Japanese Cat Café Seem to Sense an Earthquake Before It Hits
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Cats, Nature
Friday Catblogging: The Poachers’ Fate
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embed from Getty Images In a stunning instance of the animal kingdom taking karma into its own hands – or rather, paws – at least three poachers were mauled to death and then eaten by lions earlier this week after they illegally entered the Sibuya Game Reserve in South Africa to hunt rhinos. “They strayed…