The tail, er, tale, began in August when the cat appeared at a venue that might seem counterintuitive, given the traditional ...

When you think of a cat, you envision a cute little animal with big round eyes, pointy ears, and a long tail, right? But it turns out that some cats have short tails or no tails at all.

In a national park near India’s easternmost border, an “elusive” feline with “unusually large” teeth stalked through the dark forest, its large, fluffy tail swishing behind it. Its movement triggered ...

It likely sported a short, all-white or partly-white coat—like most Chinese house cats today—and a long tail, and its ancestors probably came from Kazakhstan. Today's domestic cats are ...

With our cat example, if we didn’t abstract we might think that all cats have long tails and short fur. Having abstracted, we know that although cats have tails and fur, not all tails are long ...