If you think of a game of fetch, you might picture a dog running back and forth, eagerly retrieving a ball. But a new, first-of-its-kind study in the journal Scientific Reports shows that they're not ...

Cats have a well-deserved reputation for being independent-minded and aloof, preferring to interact with humans on their own quirky terms. So you’d never see a cat playing fetch like a dog, right?

Playing fetch is a fun way to bond with your dog, but what about if you have another type of pet? If so, you may be wondering, "Do cats play fetch?" Some do! In fact, depending on the breed, your ...

Cats are amazing animals and popular household companions. Misunderstandings abound about who these fascinating felines truly are—some people, including researchers themselves, ridiculously mislabel ...

They are sleeker, more understated, and rarely as desperate for humans’ attention as their canine counterparts. But, according to a new study, many cats share a trait more frequently associated with ...

Animal play is fun, fair, chaotic, and serious business. The many ways in which nonhuman animals (animals) play with one another continues to intrigue many people—researchers, citizen scientists, and ...

Fetching isn’t just for slobbery canines, new research reveals. Surveying thousands of pet owners, scientists have found that a large minority of cats do like to play fetch at least some of the time.

In news that probably won’t surprise cat owners, cats that play fetch do it on their own terms. Fetching felines tend to dictate when a fetching session begins and when it ends, a survey of over 900 ...

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