While cats don't always respond or come when called, science has found that they do recognize and distinguish their name words from others. However, whether cats "own" their names as names is a little ...

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If you, like me, are a cat owner, you probably have wondered at some point whether or not your feline companion recognizes the name you have so carefully chosen for him or her. There are, of course, ...

Stumped about what to call that new furry member of the family? Laura Palka of Lorain has some suggestions — more than 7,000 of them. The Lorain resident self-published “Hisstopher and Other Unique ...

Do you ever wonder if your cat is ignoring you or just doesn't know its name? Researchers from Japan wanted to find out. They experimented to see how cats would react to their names in their own home ...