Cats and many other mammals use secretions from anal sacs for scent marking. A new study from UC Davis shows that these smelly compounds are made not by the cat, but by bacteria living in the anal ...

Cats like many other animals use scent to communicate with each other. A new UC Davis study characterizes the range of scent chemicals from cats and the bacteria that make them. (UC Davis photo) Many ...

Domestic cats, like many other mammals, use smelly secretions from anal sacs to mark territory and communicate with other animals. A new study shows that many odiferous compounds from a male cat are ...

Many mammals, from domestic cats and dogs to giant pandas, use scent to communicate with each other. A new study from the University of California, Davis shows how domestic cats send signals to each ...