In a heartwarming turn of events amid a disturbing situation, two abandoned kittens were rescued after being discovered sealed inside a plastic bag on a beach in Penzance, Cornwall. The tiny felines, ...

In a small study of eight cats at early stages of pregnancy, researchers detected 19 different kinds of microplastic ...

Central Vermont Humane Society/Facebook An animal shelter in Vermont has dubbed its latest group of rescue animals the real-life version of the Homeward Bound trio — and the two dogs and cat ...

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Cats like to do their own thing – and somewhat bizarrely, one of the things they seem to love to do, is lick plastic. This plastic can come in many forms: grocery bags, plastic wrappers, ... Read more ...

When cats lick or suck on an inedible material, it is called "wool sucking." But they don't suck only on wool — they also do it with leather, rubber and plastic. "Each cat has its own particular ...

Today, Oceana released a new report that projects The Coca-Cola Company’s plastic use will exceed 9.1 billion pounds (4.1 million metric tons) per year by 2030 if the company does not change its ...

Over half of the plastic ever made has been produced since 2000, and annual production is projected to double by 2050, according to the European Environment Agency. To date, only 9% of the ...

Below is a partial transcript, lightly edited for clarity Joya Griffin, DVM, DACVD: So one of the kind of coolest disease processes—maybe not the coolest for the cat—is paraneoplastic alopecia. And ...