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  1. Two tabby cats play fighting on an apartment floor.
    Animals

    Are your cats having fun or fighting? Here are some ways to tell

    Certain behaviors indicate if your cats’ interaction is friendly, aggressive or something in between, a new study finds.

    By McKenzie Prillaman
  2. A man lays on a bed looking at a gray cat next to him on the bed.
    Health & Medicine

    Cat allergies may be tamed by adding an asthma therapy to allergy shots

    Adding an antibody already used to treat asthma to standard allergy shots improved cat allergy symptoms for a least a year, a small study finds.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. a 3-D visualization of the Cat’s Eye nebula next to a Hubble image of the nebula
    Astronomy

    A 3-D model of the Cat’s Eye nebula shows rings sculpted by jets

    The Cat’s Eye is one of the most complex nebulae known. A 3-D reconstruction reveals the source of some of that complexity.

    By Lisa Grossman
  4. A collared mountain lion and her three cubs in a wooded area at night
    Animals

    Mountain lions pushed out by wildfires take more risks

    A study tracking mountain lions showed that after an intense burn, the big cats crossed roads more often, raising the risk of becoming roadkill.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  5. a cat chewing a catnip plant
    Chemistry

    Cats chewing on catnip boosts the plant’s insect-repelling powers

    When cats tear up catnip, it increases the amount of insect-repelling chemicals released by the plants.

    By Anil Oza
  6. On the left a white dog eating from a food bowl and on the right a smaller brown cat eats from a food bowl
    Animals

    Dry pet food may be more environmentally friendly than wet food

    The environmental cost of wet pet food is higher than dry food, scientists say. That may be because wet food gets most of its calories from animals.

    By Meghan Rosen
  7. someone holds a Kangaroo Island dunnart on a piece of cloth
    Animals

    These tiny marsupials survived wildfires only to face extinction from feral cats

    The Kangaroo Island dunnart was one species seen to reemerge after 2019–2020 Australian bushfires but is now closer than ever to extinction.

    By Asa Stahl
  8. three gray wolves standing in the snow
    Life

    A parasite makes wolves more likely to become pack leaders

    In Yellowstone National Park, gray wolves infected with Toxoplasma gondii make riskier decisions, making them more likely to split off from the pack.

    By Jake Buehler
  9. camera trap image of a fishing cat with a fish in its mouth
    Animals

    Scientists uncover the secret to fishing cats’ hunting success

    Volunteers in India have helped to explain how one of the world’s semiaquatic wild cat species hunts.

    By Anne Pinto-Rodrigues
  10. two springtails standing on a flat surface against a black backdrop
    Life

    Video reveals that springtails are tiny acrobats

    Poppy seed–sized cousins of insects, famed for wild escape leaping, right themselves in mid-falls faster than cats.

    By Susan Milius
  11. illustration of bobcat-like ancient animal prowling in a forest
    Paleontology

    A new saber-toothed mammal was among the first hypercarnivores

    A 42-million-year-old jawbone with slicing teeth and a gap to fit saberlike teeth is pegged to a new species of the mysterious Machaeroidine group.

    By Sofia Quaglia
  12. an Italian greyhound leaning on a red couch, with light streaming in through blinds
    Health & Medicine

    The first known monkeypox infection in a pet dog hints at spillover risk

    A person passed monkeypox to a dog. Other animals might be next, allowing the virus to set up shop outside of Africa for the first time.

    By Tina Hesman Saey