Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people have seen dogs fetch, but cats like to get into the game, too. Fetching appears to combine elements of predatory and ...

The next time you hear "go fetch," don't assume it's for a dog. Cats like to engage in the playful behavior more than people might think. A new study from researchers at Purdue University and the ...

Cats can play fetch without training and are usually the ones to initiate it with their owners, a new study has found. The game fetch is usually associated with dogs—where an object, often a stick or ...

Although more common in dogs, 4 in 10 pet cats also choose to play fetch with their owners. Credit: Mikel M. Delgado/CC-BY 4.0 Conventional wisdom would suggest that all dogs love to play fetch, while ...

In news that probably won’t surprise cat owners, cats that play fetch do it on their own terms. Fetching felines tend to dictate when a fetching session begins and when it ends, a survey of over 900 ...

Cats have a well-deserved reputation for being independent-minded and aloof, preferring to interact with humans on their own quirky terms. So you’d never see a cat playing fetch like a dog, right?

A tongue-in-cheek NPR.org headline comparing the fetching abilities of cats and dogs revealed a truth known by countless cat owners: Some cats do fetch. "Cats Don't Fetch, But Know Their Names As Well ...

Source: Tony Harrison, via Flickr. A few years ago, Elizabeth Renner posted a cute video of her cat on Twitter. Renner, a psychologist at Northumbria University, had captured her cat expectantly ...

A round of fetch brings to mind long summer days in the park with a tennis ball-obsessed dog, but this fun game isn’t canine-exclusive. While cats are better known for their stalking abilities, some ...

Cats like to play fetch just as much as dogs do, a study has found – but only if they can control the game. Scientists said that felines prefer to play the game with toys or bobbles instead of bones ...