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Biggest cats in the world
By Patrick Pester published
Big cats are found all over the world, from Alaska to China, and each one is ferociously unique. Here are the nine biggest cats alive today.
![Ash the cat walks into a Kanizsa square.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/y3MgAunhy5XdQojedKNKEe-320-80.gif)
Cats love boxes so much they'll even sit in fake ones
By Charles Q. Choi published
Cats like boxes so much, they will even climb into the illusion of a box, scientists find.
![A mummified cat from ancient Egypt.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ikFSDmeUza6ecLisWVrRkT-320-80.jpg)
Why were the ancient Egyptians obsessed with cats?
By Benjamin Plackett published
If cats were loved, why were so many sacrificed?
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Why do cats have belly 'pouches'?
By Tyler Santora published
Cats have swinging "pouches" on their bellies, but that doesn't mean they're fat.
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Cats are too socially inept to be loyal
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
A new study finds that cats, unlike dogs, will gladly accept food from people who are not nice to their owners.
![A gray persian cat clings to a bannister](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c92h9mR8QhSaJ3dm5LQ4ac-320-80.jpg)
Cats with smooshed faces can't express emotions, and it's all our fault
By Cameron Duke published
Flat feline faces are stuck in perpetual frowns.
![A sleeping white tiger cub](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e3zL7BMdBwpx2xeBw2Tfb8-320-80.jpg)
The strange history of white tigers
By Patrick Pester published
A white tiger cub born at a Nicaragua zoo is the result of a rare genetic mutation with a strange history.
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Jaguar kills another predatory cat in never-before-seen footage
By Nicoletta Lanese published
These predator-on-predator interactions are thought to be rare.
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