Men might grow a beard or maintain a mustache just for extra style points, but the facial hair of the cat has nothing to do with fashion. A cat's whiskers — or vibrissae — are a well-honed sensory ...

Like the whiskers of dogs, seals, and other animals, feline facial hair isn’t just for decoration. The technical term for whiskers is vibrissae, from the Latin word for vibrate, which tells you a ...