If you’re like most cat parents, you’d give almost anything to keep your favorite feline happy. So the sight of even a single tear glistening in your cat’s eye can be jarring. But can cats cry? Do ...

Like humans, cats can be sad from loneliness, stress, pain, hunger or thirst, and lack of attention. While we produce tears when we cry, cats do not. We don’t always cry when upset; that type of ...

A 2009 Current Biology study led by University of Sussex researcher Karen McComb found that cats purring to solicit food embed a hidden high-frequency element peaking between 220 and 520 Hz (mean 380 ...