"I actually give up," owner Steph Boloutis said after spending hundreds on a new cat tree, only for Nori to prefer the ...

The mountain views here are breathtaking, and the air is so fresh! Recently, though, one Canadian Maine Coon cat completely blew my beloved home state out of the water. His parents decided to take him ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... we’d never know that one of the world’s rarest cats is crouching among the neat rows of trees.

Research and analysis by Danny Moran (J13). Stories by Moran, Sean Hargadon, Jeremy Woo (J15) and Cat Zakrzewski (J15). Tell us what you think. E-mail comments or questions to the editors at ...