Most cat owners are familiar with the funny head shake their pets do, often after eating, drinking or enjoying a nice cheek scratch ‪—‬ they flick their head back and forth a mile a minute. Dogs and ...

A quick shake of the head after a hard hit could signal that a person has a concussion, a new study suggests, based on the experiences of young athletes. It’s an easily recognizable movement that ...

If you have ever watched your cat or dog give their head a sudden, rapid shake, you probably wondered what was going on in that fuzzy little brain. The good news is that most of the time, this ...

Cats shake their heads when sensitive nerve endings on the head are stimulated, Sarah Crowley, an anthrozoologist at the University of Exeter in England, told Live Science. “The physiological driver ...