What prompted the idea for the course? I’m an evolutionary biologist who has spent my career studying the evolution of small lizards in the Caribbean. I’m also a lifelong cat lover, but it never ...

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Many people have seen dogs fetch, but cats like to get into the game too. Despite their very different hunting and play styles, fetching appears to combine elements of predatory and social behavior ...

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ST. LOUIS — Have you ever wanted to know more about your cat? A university in St. Louis has a course that focuses on felines. Professor Jonathan Losos teaches the class on The Science of Cats at ...

Jonathan Losos receives funding from the National Science Foundation, Human Frontiers of Science and other funding organizations. I’m an evolutionary biologist who has spent my career studying the ...