Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cats have a unique language constructed especially for humans and made of meows. Susanne Schötz, a specialist in human melody at ...

Anyone who’s lived with a cat knows that there’s no “one-size-fits-all” meow. Rather, a cat has a diverse meow-cabulary, with different sounds used in different situations. Other animals have similar ...

Once you’ve lived with a cat long enough, you might find yourself talking to it. Your cat meows at you and you’ll say something back — or even meow in response. This is a common exchange — for humans.

A study suggests that humans often misinterpret a pet’s signals; even purring doesn’t guarantee a contented cat. By Anthony Ham What is the meaning of a cat’s meow that grows louder and louder? Or ...

A video of a cat struggling to meow loudly has gone viral on TikTok. The clip was posted by @toastybiscuit, the TikTok account of "a big blond boy" cat named Biscuit with a "tiny meow," according to ...

These sounds are from a library of 440 cat meows collected for scientific research called CatMeows: A Publicly-Available Dataset of Cat Vocalizations. They are protected by Creative Commons ...

Cat vocalizations are mainly divided into 'meow' and 'purr.' A new study analyzing cat vocalizations found that 'purr' is more useful for identifying individual cats than 'meow.' Danilo Russo and his ...

A new study by researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the University of Naples Federico II shows a domestic cat's purr reveals far more about its individual identity than its meow.