Another reason for cats to feel smug: they can purr; while lions, tigers, and other animals with the ability to roar cannot.

This wasn’t always a mystery. If you had the misfortune of being a human being more than 10,000 years ago, there’s a decent chance you were intimately aware of what a saber-tooth cat sounded like.

“A short, high-pitched meow is your cat’s way of saying hello to you,” says Rubin. She adds that several of these meows ...

When your cat meows, it might sound like a simple noise, but in reality, it’s a complex form of communication. Cats don’t ...

If you’ve been to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, you’ve probably heard the mighty roar of its saber-toothed cat. It’s worked the same way for more than four decades: Grab some spare change, ...

DENVER — If you've been to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, you've probably heard the mighty roar of its saber-toothed cat. It's worked the same way for more than four decades: Grab some spare ...