French photographer Alexander Bonnefoy went to Japan to photograph, and then publish as a book, photographs of the alley cats of Japan: The kitten-laden adventure took Bonnefoy from Okinawa to Hokkaido, down back alleys and up into trees. The cats he found ran the gamut of badassery as well. From the delicate ones with stunning…

Rigby the Bengal Cat enjoys sliding on a smooth floor; your cat’s mileage may vary.

Alleged Cat Attacks: Hysteria or Fury? There have been two stories this year about cats that have allegedly trapped their owners in a room, forcing those people to call the police for assistance. Most recently, to my knowledge, is a call for assistance in Chula Vista, CA (“California women call police over cat’s furry fury”):…

Megan Garber reports on a cartography project: I Know Where Your Cat Lives from Owen Mundy on Vimeo. There are a lot of cats in the world, and there are a lot of cats on the Internet. These two facts—one a longstanding reality, the other a longstanding cliche—often collide with each other in predictable ways.…

Ingenious:

Bistro has designed and will market a cat feeder that uses facial recognition, among other technologies, to monitor a cat’s feeding habits: Our four-legged friends have a habit of not eating when something ails them. However, if you’re at work all day, you may not pick up on the lack of appetite until it’s too late. Well, there’s…

It seems improbable, but at the Washington Post, Caitlin Dewey contends that Online, goats are the new cats. (No kidding!): Let’s recap the sheer number of goats who have gone viral in recent months. There was Frostie, the sickly Australian snow goat who learned to walk with the help of a wheelchair. Then there was…