Memory is a tricky thing; a patchwork of events all haphazardly stitched together, in seemingly no particular order. And, it seems, the older you get, the less memory you have to work with. Why did I walk into this room? Where the HECK did I put my keys? You know, the usual things that make […]
When her veterinarian sat her down and said her beloved cat, Stanley, only had a few months to live, Betsy Boyd didn’t bat an eye. She was willing to save Stanley no matter what it took, and in the end the price was $19,000 for a kidney transplant. It was more than a leap of […]
Purring. One of life’s furriest and snuggliest feline mysteries. Cat lovers everywhere know what purring is, and there’s little more relaxing than cuddling a cat and feeling that rumble start up. Yet none of us know exactly how purring happens – I mean, besides knowing that happy cat generally equals purring – or even what […]
On a cold March morning in Boston’s West End, a woman was sitting in her second-floor apartment when she saw a light-colored streak zoom down past her window. She ran to the ledge, looked below, and saw a white cat walking off a patch of mulch like it was no big deal. Looking around, witnesses […]
We like to anthropomorphize our pets — that’s obvious to anyone who’s ever chuckled at a cat vine or passed along a photo of a smirking kitten cradling cheeseburgers. But do our cats smile when they’re happy or scowl when they’re angry? And if so, are facial expressions a factor in how we pick our […]
We all know that the real beauty of YouTube is the endless stream of adorable animal videos one can watch. All. Day. Long. My latest obsession is with the unusual pairings of interspecies best friends. It isn’t every day you spot a predator cozying up next to its potential prey and prepare to snuggle in […]
