Source: Mary Bates, used with permission. Pointing is a unique human referential signal. Babies develop the ability to understand pointing gestures between the ages of nine and 12 months. But what ...

Dog and cat owners are familiar with the age-old debate: which of the two species is smarter? However, answering this question is impossible, especially due to the difficulty of a sound comparison.

Cats have a reputation for being aloof. But anyone who actually lives with a cat knows they're far more observant than they pretend to be. They notice routines, tone shifts, their human's emotional ...