My colleague Dirk Klinger said it best: “I don’t understand cats at all.” Like, why does my cat, Frank, ask for dinner every day at 4 p.m. when dinnertime has always been 7? I have many questions ...

When people want a safe place for cats to play outdoors, they can create a screened cat patio, called a catio, buy a pre-made cat home or call a custom builder like Michael Jaeger of Vancouver, ...

Nora Auston’s older cat, Bertie, has a history of getting into trouble while roaming her Portland neighborhood. The feline teamed up with another cat to ambush and taunt an elderly dog in its backyard ...

Alan Breslauer launched Custom Catios in 2017 after building his first cat enclosure in the early 2000s. Most catios cost Breslauer's clients between $5,000 and $15,000, but a few cost over $70,000.

Enclosures are a way to keep pet cats contained while still letting them have time outside, and a business providing the enclosures says demand for their work is booming. Bass Coast Council, ...

Carolyn Somers has spent a year and a half bringing back to life a grand, yet aging 1893 center-hall Victorian just off Esplanade Avenue. Working in Sweet Home, a free 3-D Internet design program, she ...

Brenda Thompson’s yard in northeastern Los Angeles is an avian paradise. Hummingbirds, goldfinches, juncos, and crows, among other bird varieties, splash in her fountain, guzzling sugar-water and ...