Cats have 276 distinct facial expressions, a discovery that turns on its head the popular belief that our pet felines are aloof and just not that into us. In fact, cats likely evolved these ...

Cats have 26 different facial movements that combine to make 276 distinct expressions, according to a new study. Olivia ZZ via Getty Images Cats can sometimes get a bad rap for being aloof or not ...

Last month, a study was published in the journal Behavioural Processes, which detailed that domestic cats have 276 different facial expressions that they can — and do — channel.

A look at the interesting faces of all kinds of creatures and different forms of communication among the species.

Most interesting are facial expressions during play, which are highly dynamic. They involve a range of different facial movements, often in quick succession.

This marks the first time that so many different animal sounds were tested on humans, both in terms of arousal (stress/excitement) and valence (the charge of emotions: positive vs negative).

As one of our closest biological relatives, some primates can appear eerily similar to humans. But our different interpretations of facial expressions can be a misunderstanding capable of ...

The team recorded 276 unique different facial expressions from the cats they studied - by comparison, chimpanzees have around 357 different facial expressions.

The study has created a catalogue of horse facial expressions to help people understand how to read these incredible animals.