A team at Yamaguchi University in Japan has identified a mechanical property of the feline spine that helps explain how cats can rotate midair to land on their feet. Their peer-reviewed study, ...

Cats are renowned for always landing on their feet. While that's not entirely true, "cat physics" sounds like an oxymoron. Scientific laws don't appear to apply to animals that can squeeze into ...

Learn more about cats' innate righting reflex. You’ve likely heard that cats always land on their feet, but while felines have extraordinary gravity-defying abilities, they don’t always safely nail ...

Cats may spend much of their time sleeping and grooming, but beneath their relaxed appearance are remarkable biological abilities. From landing on their feet to communicating through purrs, many ...

Researchers used high-speed cameras and motion tracking to show the air-righting reflex relies on spine flexion, front and rear body rotation, and tail adjustments that conserve zero angular momentum ...

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