Cats rarely crash and burn, always seeming to land on their feet. But how? Researchers have uncovered the secret behind their midair control.

The saying goes, “cats always land on their feet.” Scientists have investigated the physics of falling cats since at least ...

The secret to this acrobatic skill lies in an extremely flexible part of the spine that allows cats to twist in the air and land safely.

For more than a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how a falling cat lands on its feet with such astonishing ...

In 1894, the French physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey tried to resolve a particularly vexing question in science: How do cats always seem to land on their feet when they fall? Usi ...

The research continues, with a paper published in the journal The Anatomical Record reporting on new experiments to analyze the flexibility of feline spines. Over the centuries, scientists have ...

Learn how variations in different parts of the spine allow cats to land upright.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A time lapse of a falling orange cat. When cats fall, they flip themselves rightside-up with seemingly little effort — which has ...

An exceptionally flexible region of the spine enables falling cats to twist the front and back halves of their body sequentially to ensure a safe landing ...

Scientists from the Laboratory of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Yamaguchi, Japan, conducted 'destructive failure testing' on five cats.

Cats' gravity-defying pivots mid-fall just got a clear scientific explanation. Researchers at Japan's Yamaguchi University say the secret lies in a spine that doesn't bend the same way from front to ...