Japanese researchers have tested whether or not cats recognize their owners' voices. The good news: they can. The bad news: they're probably going to ignore it. Read on io9 12/01/13 8:30pm Sunday 8:30pm

According to some new feline research from the UK, your cat may soon have yet another very good reason to flash you that glare of utter contempt. All your sharp, staccato noises — pen clicking, fingernail biting, cutlery dropping, and mouse clicking — may trigger cat seizures, a condition researchers are somehow… Read… 12/01/13 2:00pm Sunday 2:00pm

Photographer Sarah Ernhart has a gift for capturing moments between people and their pets — especially people and their pets who won't be around much longer. She calls them "Joy sessions" and her gorgeous pictures will make you both smile and sniffle. Read… 11/26/13 10:50am 11/26/13 10:50am

This kitchen bunny is excited about...well, it's impossible to know about what for sure because bunnies don't talk. Here's what we do know: there is a bunny, said bunny's ears are floppy, there is also a cat, the cat seems to be on good terms with the bunny, and the bunny gets food for hopping merrily around the… Read… 11/24/13 4:30pm 11/24/13 4:30pm

Abandoned chihuahuas are apparently a problem in California, the land of second-guessing dog owners. So many people abandon Chihuahuas that California shelters are shipping the small, emotionally manipulative dogs to New York, claiming that Chihuahuas are an in-demand breed in New York because prospective pet owners… Read… 11/24/13 1:30pm 11/24/13 1:30pm

Josh Hutcherson hosted SNL last night while his new movie, Hunger Games: Catching Fire was busy making all the money. With all that passive income just rolling straight into his pocket, Hutcherson will have more free time to devote to his true passion — telling distraught pet owners that their pets died horrible… Read… 11/24/13 1:00pm 11/24/13 1:00pm

Well, just like the door-opening raptors in Jurassic Park, corgis have finally figured out jungle gyms. This will be our final report before we retreat into a bunker and wait out the Corgipocalypse. May God have mercy on us all. Read… 11/17/13 2:30pm 11/17/13 2:30pm

Today, a study from the Ministry of Underestimation has found that one in ten women prefer their pet to their partner. (Other forthcoming studies: Cheese Is Pretty Ok; Some People Like Soccer a Little). Read… 11/08/13 1:10pm 11/08/13 1:10pm

How can you even think about reprimanding or punishing any disobedient creature after seeing this video? Look how sorry they are! It’s heartbreaking — no pet shows contrition quite like a dog, an animal for which being made aware of a transgression is its own punishment. On the other hand, cats are remorseless… Read… 10/25/13 3:20pm 10/25/13 3:20pm

Yikes: Almost 600 pets have died — and thousands have gotten sick — from jerky treats made in China. Even though two companies announced recalls back in January, the problem persists, and the FDA seems stumped. (This fact sheet details what they do know.) Read… 10/23/13 3:20pm 10/23/13 3:20pm

Every cat owner (who's being honest with him or herself) reaches a point in their cat stewardship when they lock eyes with their cat and realize that the animal's keen intelligence is actually a trick perpetrated by a pair of sharp, steady eyes that only seem engaged. Really, those eyes are sharp and steady because… Read… 10/19/13 5:30pm 10/19/13 5:30pm

There’s a lot of casual evil in the world: people riding two abreast in the bike lane, dentists, people in coach who recline their seat all the way back just when you’re opening your complimentary dime bag of pretzel shavings, and, as of today, people who steal other people’s cats and write gloating missives from the… Read… 10/19/13 3:30pm 10/19/13 3:30pm

This beleaguered cat mama has too many kittens to feed, and all those kittens are acting like total assholes. Maybe we shouldn’t feel too bad for her, though. She chose her choices. I mean, why didn’t she use any contraception, hmm? Does she live in Texas or something? Read… 9/29/13 4:00pm 9/29/13 4:00pm

If your formerly jaunty, energetic pet has melted into a fat puddle of loose skin and belly sag, becoming so lumpy and gross that you can’t even bring yourself to touch it anymore, you might want to get over your fat phobia because you’re clearly depriving your pet of physical affection. Then, once you’ve sunk your… Read… 9/22/13 2:30pm 9/22/13 2:30pm

Even though everyone knows that black cats are the foot servants of Satan, this bit of common knowledge will probably not, by itself, prevent black cats from being adopted at animal shelters. That’s because the so-called “black pet bias” — a popular aversion to those more inky, shadow-dwelling black cats and dogs… Read… 9/22/13 1:00pm 9/22/13 1:00pm

Unless you’re an abusive asshole, nobody should be able to separate you from your pet, not even Death. However, until just recently, the State of New York wouldn’t let pet cemeteries handle human remains. Read… 9/14/13 2:00pm 9/14/13 2:00pm

So we're on the brink of maybe-war, it's not clear that anyone knows what they're doing, and to make matters worse, President Barack Obama still hasn't intervened in the tragedy that is the casting of the Fifty Shades of Grey movie. Luckily, Sunny, the First Family's adorable new pup, is here to do some damage… Read… 9/11/13 1:00pm 9/11/13 1:00pm

When the water wars come, we're all gonna kill and eat each other before we even think of turning on our pets. Who's a dumb dog now? Read… 9/10/13 10:40am 9/10/13 10:40am

Hedgehog and dog, dog and hedgehog — together, what can they not accomplish. They can satisfy all of your wildest desires. For example: You want to go to the Moon? Why? Dog and hedgehog are on Earth. You want a million dollars? Why? Hedgehog likes to play with toilet paper rolls, and dog likes to watch. Toilet… Read… 9/08/13 3:00pm 9/08/13 3:00pm

Lil Bub’s quest for media supremacy continued Thursday night outside Strand Books in New York, where hundreds of people collectively skipped dinner and stood in line to look at a cat. But not just ANY garbage-swilling, common street cat! Lil Bub is crazy-adorable, and, with a new book (Lil Bub’s Lil Book) out this… Read… 9/07/13 1:30pm 9/07/13 1:30pm

The message of this cat adoption “infomercial” seems to be that one requires a cat to spackle over the gaping emotional hole in one’s heart. Perhaps, clever ad people, perhaps, but cats are also great at hunting, torturing, and killing small household pests such as roaches, moths, and, if you live in the Southeastern … Read… 9/01/13 4:00pm 9/01/13 4:00pm

Everyone thinks cats are the ultimate in unloving assholes, but as we dog lovers know, our canine companions can use their wagging tail and dopey mugs to work us into plying them with all the treats in the house. Read… 7/31/13 12:50pm 7/31/13 12:50pm

Worried about dying alone? Turn that frown upside down because you might be able to get a cat to eat your still-fresh corpse, after all! Read… 7/30/13 9:30am 7/30/13 9:30am

Pigs aren’t exactly exotic pet choices, but they are offbeat. How many people do you know personally who have a pet pig? One, maybe? And that person also makes his or her own cheeses? And has an alfalfa garden? And collects abandoned birds’ nests? It doesn’t matter what your weirdo pig friend does — pigs are… Read… 7/13/13 5:30pm 7/13/13 5:30pm