WASHINGTON — Cat lovers know when kitties groom, their tongues are pretty scratchy. Using high-tech scans and some other tricks, scientists are learning how those sandpapery tongues help cats get ...

On a spring afternoon in 2017, Alexis Noel stood at her lab bench. In one hand, she held a slab of raw pork; in the other, a freshly dissected tongue. Noel, a biomechanist at the Georgia Institute of ...

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Even after thousands of years sharing our homes, cats still remain mysterious. For one thing, they spend an inordinate amount of time grooming themselves, up to half of their waking hours. But all of ...

WASHINGTON -- Cat lovers know when kitties groom, their tongues are pretty scratchy. Using high-tech scans and some other tricks, scientists are learning how those sandpapery tongues help cats get ...

Cats always choose to clean themselves at really opportune times — when you're giving your date a tour of your apartment, or having an awkward conversation with your parents, they'll decide it's the ...

A look at cat tongues helps explain why the animals' grooming is so effective. This story is from Inside Science. New insights into how cats clean their fur with scores of tiny scoops on their tongues ...

I never knew how surreal a tiger's tongue looked until I saw this photo of one. If you think your cat's tongue feels rough, a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cat lovers know when kitties groom, their tongues are pretty scratchy. Using high-tech scans and some other tricks, scientists are learning how those sandpapery tongues help cats get ...

Cat lovers know that when kitties groom, their tongues are pretty scratchy. Using high-tech scans and some other tricks, scientists are learning how those sandpapery tongues help cats get clean and ...