You'd pretty much have to be a stone-hearted rock person for all the puppy howling in this video not to affect you. Maybe you're not "into dogs" the way your cousin Mallory Archer is into dogs, what with all the naked spooning portraits, but even a cat person can appreciate the first warbling notes of an tiny predator…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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…
Josh Hutcherson hosted SNL last night while his new movie, Hunger Games: Catching Fire was busy making all the money
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).
People all over these United States are humanizing their pets, and that’s fine because it means pets get fancy things like clothes, driver’s licenses, and really expensive organic food that may be really good for them, but may also have about the same nutritional value to animals as miscellaneous garbage that gets to…
We all remember Maru and Hana
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…
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.)
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…
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…
Finally, two of my saddest interests combined into one sad, sad product: cat wine.
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…
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…
You might remember Pancake the now-pensive indoor cat from when he was just a little, fuzzy kitten
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.
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…
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?
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…
It’s true! Science, that most unimpeachable and magical of intellectual disciplines, says so
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…
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 …
By now, we all probably know that cats are murdering psychopaths
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.
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!
