About 80% of dogs and 40% of cats will fetch, a new study finds. Domesticating turned these carnivores’ hunting methods into a game.

Cats and dogs both like to play fetch — it’s rooted in their hunting instincts and plays an important role. Accessibility statement Skip to main content. Democracy Dies in Darkness.

Many people have seen dogs fetch, but cats like to get into the game too. Despite their very different hunting and play styles, fetching appears to combine elements of predatory and social ...

Take the film “Hit Man”: Glen Powell’s lonely and sad loser Gary has two cats. Sexy, married Gary? He’s got dogs. For women, the downsides are worse.

Are cats and dogs smarter than babies? News. By Marilyn Perkins published 4 January 2025 It's possible to compare some aspects of animal and human intelligence, but not all researchers like to.

Dogs and cats offer a Rorschach test for human nature: do you focus on the positive or the negative? The bleak view is that people treat animals callously, abandoning them to starve or be hit by cars.

Although more common in dogs, 4 in 10 pet cats also choose to play fetch with their owners, Mikel Delgado from Purdue University, US, and colleagues report in the open-access journal PLOS ONE ...