LOS ANGELES — They are brought into shelters in crates, boxes and flower pots at this time of the year: Tiny, mewing kittens with eyes barely open, with pink, toothless mouths — and usually with no mother to nurse them. And here’s what it takes to keep them alive: people to hand-feed formula through a…

The Dodo shows How to teach your cat how to jump through your arms — in 6 easy steps: Here's how to teach your cat how to jump through your arms — in 6 easy steps pic.twitter.com/4YOEpnGj2P — The Dodo (@dodo) August 18, 2017

As professional arborists, brothers-in-law Tom Otto and Shaun Sears are quite adept at climbing trees. The cats that they rescue are not. And with a plethora of trees—and cats—around Seattle, they decided to put their off hours to good use and return scared, stuck kitties to their worried owners. Working completely off donations, these two…

This encounter was in California, but Montana.gov offers good advice for anyone encountering a mountain lion.

the most normal thing in 2017 so far pic.twitter.com/X05h6nQFrG — Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) August 3, 2017

This is Snowy. She has pretty eyes. via /r/cats pic.twitter.com/F4rg3dubdr — Catify (@CatifyCo) July 28, 2017 Pretty eyes, indeed.

Face It, We've All Been This Cat Before And Gone The Extreme Step Just For A Treat https://t.co/Pmo8ovuEtw via @Digg — John Adams (@DailyAdams) July 21, 2017

Jason Bittel reports that this bobcat brings in $308,000 a year: Somewhere in Yellowstone National Park, a wildcat is walking around with a little extra swagger in its step today. That’s because a new study estimates the value of one specific bobcat there at a whopping $308,105 a year…. Bobcats are pretty rare in Yellowstone,…

Bill Jank and Georgia Telfer drove 14 hours Arkansas to a family wedding, after they thought they lost their cat. When they arrived in Arkansas, they discovered that the cat had ridden the whole way underneath the vehicle perched on the spare tire. Via Cat stows away for 800-mile trip on the spare tire under Racine…

I didn’t know cheetahs meow I’ve always thought they roar my whole life has been a lie pic.twitter.com/Zbo8bDVTS6 — (@hoewever) June 24, 2017 A Twitter user recently expressed her surprise at learing that cheetahs meow: “I didn’t know cheetahs meow … I’ve always thought they roar… my whole life has been a lie.” She’s teasing…