Mosquitoes are not a welcome visitor to the backyard, and you may be looking for ways to keep them out. This easy-to-grow ...

As a responsible pet parent, it’s only natural to have questions about catnip, such as how it works and whether it’s a good ...

If your cat goes wild for anything that crinkles, pounces, or rolls under the couch, this set of catnip-stuffed mice may be their new favorite obsession. Pet parents say it's the toy that keeps on ...

Catnip isn’t just intensely pleasurable for cats. It’s also practical – chewing and licking the leaves of the plant releases compounds that repel pesky insects like mosquitoes.

A new study finds that the feline reaction to catnip and silver vine helps to stave off mosquitoes and other bloodsucking insects. By Oliver Whang Cats, so often, are a mystery, even to those that ...

Catnip can drive kitties of all sizes a little crazy, and its effects have led feline lovers to wonder what makes this little green plant so attractive to them. U.S. World ...

Catnip’s status as kitty kryptonite is due to a specific chemical compound called nepalacatlone that the plant naturally releases when its leaves or stem are bruised.

Catnip is the only plant with nepetalactone; the other plants have similar molecules. So there's some variation in the sensitivity of cats' neuronal receptors responsible for triggering that ...

Widely known for its attractiveness to cats, catnip also attracts beneficial insects while repelling many pests. This makes it an excellent companion plant in the garden! When choosing companion ...

In previous work, Sarah O'Connor and her team presented the evolutionary origins of the iridoid nepetalactone in catnip (How a mint became catmint). "We were able to show how catnip produces this ...