"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Behind every fluffy, cuddly, Instagram-worthy kitty there's a litter box with poop in it. It's a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I review cat products like self-cleaning litter boxes and cat litter for a living, but it took me a ...

Cats and robots are a winning combination, as evidenced by all those videos of kitties riding on Roombas. And now we have Cat Royale, a “multispecies” live installation in which three cats regularly ...

I review cat products like self-cleaning litter boxes and cat litter for a living, but it took me a minute to set up the Litter-Robot 4 in my own home due to space issues. It's big, and my Brooklyn ...

Sometimes, there’s nothing more soothing than the loving presence of a loving pet. A cat nuzzling against your leg or a dog ...

After 30+ years of living with and owning cats (or, being owned by cats), I can say I’ve done my fair share of scooping cat poop. One of the first chores I was ever assigned was cleaning the cat boxes ...

Cat parenting is 99 purr-cent (sorry, had to) perfect, but that one percent? Scooping litter? The absolute worst. I don’t have to get into it further, you get it. It’s gross when you do it and worse ...

As a cat mom of two, it is easy to say I have a favorite litter box. The litter box that I don’t need to even scoop myself, of course! The Litter-Robot 4 is by far the best robotic litter robot on the ...

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Researchers at Georgetown University have been using robot cats to help treat patients recovering from surgery or succumbing to dementia. By providing some companionship without needing much care ...