The real reason is that big cats can’t actually make those sounds! Why can’t these majestic creatures purr, and what makes them different from our household pets? Keep reading to find out.

A cat’s way of behaving and communicating is more challenging to understand than a dog’s. Cats communicate in several ways. The most common way that cats communicate is by purring. However, there is ...

“We’re very big cat lovers and there was a need for ... the benefits of being around cats — even the frequency of a cat’s purr, he said, has been shown to soothe people.

But how, exactly, do cats produce their signature sound? A new study challenges the current consensus, finding that the purr-producing mechanism is strikingly similar to vocal fry, the technique ...