If you're a cat lover, you know that your furry friends can go absolutely wild for a sprinkling of catnip, the green herb that can be found in many cat toys or even grown in your own garden. Once a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images/Svetlana Popova When you’re watching your cat play with some catnip you ...

DEAR JOAN: Can catnip be calming to cats? Our cats often seek out their catnip fish or catnip banana to sleep on. One cat, when he’s stressed by the other cat eating his food or bullying him, seems to ...

I have two cats at home, Rusty and Foo, who have very different characters. I gave them both some catnip the other day and they had two very different reactions. Foo sniffed it suspiciously and walked ...

A pet owner has shared footage of the chaos that erupted after her cats got a taste of the wild catnip she discovered by chance. Brooklyn Brown posted a video to TikTok under the handle ...

When it’s cat versus houseplant, even the hardiest stems can fall prey to curious—and overly playful—felines. But plants can do plenty of harm, too. There is a long list of highly toxic plants to cats ...

Nepeta is the scientific name for both cat mint and catnip. Cat mint (Nepeta x faassenii) is a low-growing perennial that’s often used at the edge of borders. It has gray-green foliage and small ...

Feral cats are a tough nut to crack. They're not inclined to like people very much—we are big, scary, weird creatures to them—and it takes a long, long time to get a feral cat to be comfortable in ...