A cat parasite that can infect humans is called toxoplasma and it's a parasite that can live in all cat species. The parasite can spread to almost all other birds and mammals, not just humans, on ...

Editor’s note: Dr. Lee Pickett has retired, but Creators continues to distribute columns from her archive. This one is from 2021. Q: Can cats that stay indoors get parasites? My veterinarian ...

(Trilobites): You got a kitten. Congratulations! You’ve joined the club of more than 36 million Americans with pet cats. Now, will your kitty be an indoor cat or an outdoor cat? You may want to keep ...

A recent study reports that free-roaming, stray, feral and “wild” domesticated cats tend to congregate in areas where humans are concentrated, like cities, and these cats tend to shed a greater ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A cat is pictured in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 11, 2025.REUTERS/Luc Gnago (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on ...

Remember when your mom told you to be careful cleaning the cat’s litter box? Well, that same parasite everyone’s been avoiding might actually be the next big thing in brain medicine. Scientists just ...

URBANA, Ill. -- Why did the cat cross Windsor Road? Illinois Natural History Survey and University of Illinois researchers don't know. So they're embarking on a study of free-ranging cats near the ...

There's a first for everything and this week, VERIFY is researching cat litter. Viewer Ann Sweeney reached out to VERIFY after her friend told her "it is unsafe to drop cat litter into the toilet. It ...

Fall is a time to consider cat intestinal parasites, especially outdoor cats. Cats that have access to the outdoors often spend more time outside in the warm seasons in Colorado. During that time they ...

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) with Mount Wilbur in the background. Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. (Credit: Kim Keating, USGS / CC BY 3.0) It was previously known that the parasite causes ...