Widely known for its attractiveness to cats, catnip also attracts beneficial insects while repelling many pests. This makes ...

What does catnip do to cats? According to the Humane Society cats react to catnip by meowing, flipping, rolling, rubbing and zoning out. Some cats may even become aggressive if you approach them ...

Planting the catnip: For seeds, sow directly into the soil after the last frost, covering lightly with soil. For starter ...

Catnip, or Nepeta cataria, is a member of the mint family. It contains a compound called nepetalactone, which is what causes the characteristic catnip reaction.

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 ...

Operation Catnip celebrated a milestone of fixing 100,000 community cats by hosting a massive spay/neuter clinic Saturday.

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 ...