Why do cats always land on their feet? It’s one of science’s most enduring mysteries in the realm of pets. The first paper on ...

Cats rarely crash and burn, always seeming to land on their feet. But how? Researchers have uncovered the secret behind their ...

The saying goes, “cats always land on their feet.” Scientists have investigated the physics of falling cats since at least ...

The secret to this acrobatic skill lies in an extremely flexible part of the spine that allows cats to twist in the air and land safely.

For more than a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how a falling cat lands on its feet with such astonishing ...

In 1894, the French physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey tried to resolve a particularly vexing question in science: How do cats always seem to land on their feet when they fall? Usi ...

Learn how variations in different parts of the spine allow cats to land upright.

The research continues, with a paper published in the journal The Anatomical Record reporting on new experiments to analyze the flexibility of feline spines. Over the centuries, scientists have ...

Cats' gravity-defying pivots mid-fall just got a clear scientific explanation. Researchers at Japan's Yamaguchi University say the secret lies in a spine that doesn't bend the same way from front to ...