Why do cats purr? - New Scientist But why do they purr after a stressful event? A 2001 study published in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America showed that domestic cats and some species of big cats, including pumas and
Scientists have only just figured out how cats purr Scientists have struggled to understand how cats produce a low-pitched rumbling sound when they purr, but a new study sheds some light on the mystery The type of sound an animal makes is
Purr fact - New Scientist Purr fact Do cats that are looked after by people who are deaf meow and purr less than cats looked after by people with hearing? In other words, do they recognise that their human can or can't
Hungry cats trick owners with baby cry mimicry | New Scientist The louder this high-frequency element, the more urgent and less pleasant the purr was rated Cats may be exploiting “innate tendencies in humans to respond to cry-like sounds in the context of
Zoologger: Musical spider purrs like a cat to attract mates Purring spider Species colon; Gladicosa gulosa Habitat colon; Leaf litter of beech-maple forests in the east of the US and Canada With a sound like a wad of money being quietly thumbed, it's
Crickets rapidly evolve new mating call to evade their parasites In what could be a case of remarkably fast animal evolution, the crickets of Hawaii have begun to purr The discovery is the latest twist in a decades-long battle between crickets and a parasitic
Cats news, articles and features | New Scientist Scientists have only just figured out how cats purr News Comment The Age of Cats review: How our furry friends evolved, and what’s next Culture Life
Longest-living cat breeds revealed by life expectancy study Life Longest-living cat breeds revealed by life expectancy study Birman and Burmese cats typically live for more than 14 years while sphynxes live less than half as long on average, finds a study