A look at cat tongues helps explain why the animals' grooming is so effective. This story is from Inside Science. New insights into how cats clean their fur with scores of tiny scoops on their tongues ...

An important fact: cats are magical beings and we should all marvel at their brilliance. Evidence of this (other than the knowledge that they are tiny mouse-catching machines powered by purrs)? A ...

One day in a lab in Carnegie Hall, Ruth van Kampen ’19 of Brunswick, Maine, and Josh Turner ’20 of Andover, Mass., tied weights to a rectangular plastic brush and let it fall through a piece of ...

Your dream of drawing your tongue across your cat's fur is now close to being realized with the Licki Brush. All the fun, none of the hairballs. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and ...

EVERY week, Northglen News brings you ‘Things You Never Knew Existed’. This week, it’s the Licki Brush, a tongue-shaped silicon brush that lets humans lick their cats. Yup, you heard right, the brush ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. LEWISTON — On a recent morning at Bates College, 19 students conducted an ...

A lick from a cat is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, cats don’t dole out affection to just anyone, so it’s a true compliment when they try to groom you. On the other hand, their tongues feel like ...

WASHINGTON — Cat lovers know when kitties groom, their tongues are pretty scratchy. Using high-tech scans and some other tricks, scientists are learning how those sandpapery tongues help cats get ...

As shedding season returns, a new UK snapshot reveals how small grooming errors spiral into daily stand-offs at home nationwide. Across Britain, owners ...

Sometimes you just want to show your cat some real affection. Not just the soothing strokes you enjoy, or the snuggles they always wriggle away from, but an actual display of love that they can ...