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My long dead father calls me some nights from the tracks east of town, his voice a diesel's low-pitched bass coming in from ...

The saying goes, “cats always land on their feet.” Scientists have investigated the physics of falling cats since at least 1700, and a team of researchers has recently furthered the topic with a study ...

When a 50-plus-ton Cat excavator fell into a hole in Washington, Pennsylvania, the world’s largest rotator recovery truck arrived to help pull it out.

The research continues, with a paper published in the journal The Anatomical Record reporting on new experiments to analyze the flexibility of feline spines. Over the centuries, scientists have ...

Researchers used high-speed cameras and motion tracking to show the air-righting reflex relies on spine flexion, front and rear body rotation, and tail adjustments that conserve zero angular momentum ...

The new findings could have applications from improving veterinary treatments to even helping develop remarkable new bio-inspired robots.

It seems like magic—but it’s pure biomechanics: A cat falls, spins quickly in the air, and lands safely on its paws. To us, it looks like a small miracle. For cats, it’s a vital survival reflex. This ...

For more than a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how a falling cat lands on its feet with such astonishing ...

Some cats are elegant creatures who glide gracefully across furniture like tiny jungle panthers. And then there are cats who look like someone accidentally left a giant marshmallow in the dryer with a ...

Anyone who lives with a cat knows how quickly a quiet living room can turn into a racetrack. One moment, a cat is calmly lounging on the couch, and the next, they are sprinting across the floor ...

Maine Coon kittens are already known for their enormous paws, but when you add extra toes into the mix, things get even more adorable. One orange polydactyl Maine Coon kitten is currently going viral ...