Mostly, cats yawn as a form of communication and an attempt to send you a message. If you see a cat exhibiting tense behavior, then you may notice its lack of stretching and yawning.

Yawning aids by increasing blood flow and oxygen to the head, waking the brain up and helping your kitty achieve alertness.

Cats and dogs can experience stress and anxiety, but sometimes it's tough to detect. Excessive yawning and shedding are potential signs of stress in dogs. Cats who have accidents outside of their ...

Is yawning contagious to dogs? If a dog or cat is socialized in the same house as you, cross-species yawning contagion can occur. In fact, lots of other animals also experience contagious yawning.

To collect data, Scott filmed 53 cats at a local cat café when both were based at University of California, Los Angeles, between August 2021 and June 2022. From the 194 minutes of video footage ...