Surprisingly – because they look particularly sharp – black cats are among the last shelter cats to be adopted, as people superstitiously believe they bring bad luck. Animal shelters and rescue groups have created videos like this one to encourage black-cat adoptions.

Ocicats Domestic cats often resemble their larger, wilder counterparts — with black, striped or tawny fur that presumably helps the big hunters blend into the landscape. For scientists, the genes involved in the evolution of cats’ color patterns have been equally well camouflaged. But a new study in Science reveals a mutation shared by housecats…

Update, 9.9.12: I’ve an update to this Friday catblogging post about Oscar the Bionic Cat: a link to a full program (available online) from the Smithsonian Channel about Oscar, entitled, “The Bionic Vet: Oscar & Mayo.” Injured in a farm accident, Oscar’s now ‘better, stronger, faster’ (or at least in pretty good shape for a…

Update, 9.1.12: The winner of the festival was Henri 2, Paw de Deux. Kindly sent to my attention, news that cat videos got their moment on 8.30 at Minn. film festival: Warning: This is a story about online cat videos. If you’re among the seemingly tiny minority of the general population not interested in watching…

Here’s a happy post about canine and feline harmony:

Via munseungji.com .

An Olympics-caliber record: The fastest cheetah on Earth has done it again, breaking her previous world record for the 100-meter dash and setting a new best time of 5.95 seconds. This feat surpasses the fastest of all human 100-meter sprinters by almost four seconds. Usain Bolt, a Jamaican sprinter now competing at the 2012 London…

Hat tip to Huffington Post Cats.