The saying goes, “cats always land on their feet.” Scientists have investigated the physics of falling cats since at least 1700, and a team of researchers has recently furthered the topic with a study ...

But falling cats – they seem to manage [it].” That feline talent of twisting round in mid-air isn’t just a neat survival ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...