While cats don't always respond or come when called, science has found that they do recognize and distinguish their name words from others. However, whether cats "own" their names as names is a little ...

Cats are beloved in Japan, as they have been for thousands of years. From old mythological tales of feline yokai like the smart shape-shifting bakeneko to the Hello Kitties and lucky maneki-nekos of ...

As the proud pet parent of three cats—two of whom are males—I can attest that finding the perfect name for your cat is a uniquely personal endeavor. It’s not always a difficult one—sometimes you’ve ...

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As a devoted cat parent, I can confidently say that cats of all stripes (and spots) have their charms, but there’s something uniquely entrancing and ethereal about white cats in particular. Perhaps it ...

Do you ever wonder if your cat is ignoring you or just doesn't know its name? Researchers from Japan wanted to find out. They experimented to see how cats would react to their names in their own home ...

(Inside Science) -- Science has finally confirmed what cat owners knew all along: Cats know their own names. That doesn’t necessarily mean they respond when called (another thing cat owners could have ...