You might think your cat is a fiercely independent loner, but recent studies indicate that felines act as emotional sponges, ...

Cats rely heavily on their sense of hearing as well as their sense of smell to identify everything. The lack of smell and noise can be a puzzling experience and if they are often in the presence of a ...

Sometimes, it's good to hold a mirror up to yourself. But that's probably not the best advice for Simba, the feline star of an Instagram video that has recently gone viral. Simba was just born in ...

In 2021, Bunny, a TikTok-famous Sheepadoodle, stared at herself in a mirror and asked “who is this?” by tapping her paws on her augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device’s buttons. The ...

A cat recognizing a fellow feline's reflection has been dubbed as one step away from "self recognition" by impressed TikTokers. A video of a ginger cat confusedly grappling with a mirror was shared to ...

Inspired by a reader’s claim his cat possibly possesses theory of mind, I decided to test my own pet (Letters, 25 January). The experiment: I stand in front of a (full-length) mirror with Samson, a ...