The proverbial curiosity doesn't usually kill cats. The inquisitive feline has a knack of dodging death by a whisker. Cats are intrepid explorers and fearless acrobats. After all, a creature with nine lives can afford to take risks. According to Brewer's Dictionary Of Phrase & Fable, a cat is said to have nine lives because it is "more tenacious of life than many animals." picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

The power of the Internet has saved more than 800 cats from being skinned and served up on Chinese dinner tables. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

It's not that i hate cats I just don't like them as much as dogs. The pictures are funny anyway and I really don't want CATS to win for this weeks Fancy Avatar Friday So here you go! picked by nesbyniccolo 12 months ago

LONDON (Reuters) - More than 160 feral cats and kittens have been rescued from the site of the London 2012 Olympics as demolition work continues at a pace. picked by bevissimo 6 months ago

VG Cats (short for Video Game Cats) is a webcomic written and drawn by Canadian Scott Ramsoomair. Published once a week on its own website, it features the adventures of a pair of anthropomorphic cats, who often play the roles of characters in popular video games that are parodied in the strip.

Note: this excellent comic is not at all suitable for kids. picked by sholom22 2 years ago

Watch a number of videos from a fire that broke out earlier today in the Hollywood Hills near Griffith Park and the famed Hollywood sign. picked by indierockcafe 1 year ago

A fire brigade has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after sending two engines and seven firemen to rescue a seagull. The brigade struggled for more than an hour to save the injured bird, which was trapped on a factory roof in Bridgwater, Somerset. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

I guess when you're a firefighter in a small town you have to start your own fires. picked by civicracer18c1 2 years ago

WEST FRANKFORT, Ill. - A southern Illinois firefighter is proof that saving lives doesn't just involve people. picked by unoriganl 10 months ago

The historical Hemingway cats avoided eviction thanks to Key West's city commission. Finally, some fairly normal news from Florida! picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Cute cats in Santa hats. Need I say more? picked by misswinkle 8 months ago

They're cute, white, and fluffy - and they glow in the dark when exposed to ultraviolet light. The cats are actually clones. They're also the first cats to be cloned with a manipulated fluorescence protein gene. picked by lilaliss 8 months ago

Cats with wings, green kittens, dwarfs, cyclopses, hermaphrodites, half-rabbit cats (or are they?), conjoined kittens with two heads, eight legs and one body. If it can go wrong, it will, and this site has a picture of it.
It's actually sober and scientific, but very interesting. Don't look if you're easily squicked. picked by VoodooPeacock 1 year ago

A round-the-clock curfew would restrict thousands of cats to their own homes under a draft plan proposed by a Victorian council. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

DNA samples show that cats may have been first domesticated more that 130,000 years ago, rather than 9,000. picked by suebe 10 months ago

Yes, it's another 300 parody. But this one has cats and is very cute. picked by misswinkle 8 months ago

Ever wonder why there are crazy cat ladies but no crazy hamster ladies or crazy parakeet ladies? Or why cats, from the Egyptians to the witch trials, are thought to have supernatural powers? A brain-altering parasite spread by cats may be the reason. picked by VooDooPeacock 1 year ago

For the past year, a special Colombian police unit has been locking rats in cages with cats as part of a project to train the rodents to sniff out the more than 100,000 land mines planted mostly by leftist rebels across this conflict-wracked Andean country. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Two engineers try to make sense of three cats. The result is pretty much what you’d expect. I especially enjoyed the game at the grocery store. picked by doggylives 4 months ago

These two cats try to keep up on a treadmill but their owner keeps increasing the pace. picked by muppet 3 months ago