A study has shown that cats can perceive the emotional tone of human speech, but they are unable to distinguish specific emotions based solely on voice. To accurately understand a person's mood, they likely also need visual cues.
Brazilian zoologists, using video analysis from social networks, have discovered that urban cats most often hunt grasshoppers, crickets, cicadas, and cockroaches. This approach helps to supplement traditional methods of studying the diet of domestic cats.
A new study of ancient DNA has revealed that domestic cats appeared in Europe much later than previously thought, and spread across the continent thanks to trade and maritime routes in antiquity.