Take the new cat personality test
The Cat Tracker Project is launching a new cat personality test. Take 10 minutes and complete the survey to unveil your cat's personality characteristics. Your [...]
Does a cat’s personality predict its hunting?
All pet owners know that every animal has its own personality. Some are shy, some are bold, some get freaked out by cucumbers. We also [...]
What is your cat’s personality?
We've officially launched our Cat Personality Test -- which you can take even if you haven't tracked your own cat (you can even take it if you [...]
Help us Solve The Mystery of the Danish Underpants
Recently, Pernille Hjort from the Danish Museum of Natural History visited us in Raleigh to exchange ideas about new projects in public science. It was an [...]
Tracking Kleptomaniac Cats
Aya the cat has an interesting secret life, to say the least. When we started tracking outdoor cats with Cat Tracker in Raleigh/Durham to see where [...]
We’re Celebrating Our 100th Cat-iversary!
Cat Tracker launched in May 2014. In a little less than one year, we've enrolled over 500 indoor/outdoor kitties from 9 different states and several [...]
Cat Tracker Launches Down Under
We’re pleased to announce that Cat Tracker has landed in Oz! Last week, our colleague Philip Roetman and team from the Discovery Circle, a citizen [...]
Why We #CitSci
Your Wild Life is relocating to the West Coast this week to participate in the inaugural meeting of the Citizen Science Association in San Jose, [...]
Dodging that Winter Coat
Have you ever wondered how our Cat Tracker participants in northern climes fare compared to their southern counterparts? Do these indoor/outdoor kitties continue to roam [...]
The Secret Life of Roukus, Part 2
Roukus the Cat is a snowbird...in the sense that she spends her winter months in warmer locales. Roukus has finally moved south, from Maine to [...]
New Year, New Updates from Cat Tracker
The start of the new year seems like a good occasion to update you on Cat Tracker, our citizen science project that uses GPS technology [...]
ICYMI: Holiday Break Edition
Happy New Year! Classes are back in swing today here at NC State and we’re slowly but surely digging ourselves out from under the pile [...]
The Secret Life of Starbuck
Have you heard that Cat Tracker has now launched on Long Island? We've recently downloaded tracks from our first set of Long Island felines. Meet [...]
Happy National Cat Day!
Apparently, cat fanciers love celebrating their feline friends with official holidays. A few months ago we were celebrating World Cat Day (August 8, 2014). And [...]
Spike is on his way to Long Island: What does that mean for Tom and Jerry?
Like the best stories, the Tom & Jerry cartoon is rooted in basic principles of real life: dogs chase cats and cats chase mice. Spike [...]