Mews and Nips: Cats Have Been Covered by the New York Times for Centuries

There’s no question that cats have taken over the internet in recent years, but it may be more surprising that they’ve also been covered for centuries in one of the most venerable newspaper in the world, the New York Times. Science Daily reports that Matthew Ehrlich, a journalism professor from the University of Illinois, compiled hundreds of cat-related tales from the Times’ digital archives. Stories date back as far as the 1870’s, and Ehrlich’s findings show just how much our views about ca...