Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a beach or a panda somersaulting, actually lights up the same brain areas as ...

There's something oh-so-soothing about baby animals. Tiny paws, oversized eyes, and ears they are yet to grow into. They wobble when they walk, squeak when they're supposed to roar, and stare at the ...

Why do we find some animals cute? The answer has evolutionary roots. It is thought that animals that in some way resemble ...

There are few things in the world as cute as a baby animal... except maybe seeing a baby animal play around and be goofy the same way a human kid would. Babies of all species really do have a lot in ...

The days of trash-talking raccoons may be coming to an end. A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology found that city-dwelling raccoons are showing early signs of domestication — and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some animals are just so dang cute, they almost don't look real. This is definitely the case for this adorably floofy, tiny and ...

“Motherese” is the cutesy language we use around preverbal infants. It serves important roles in language development and emotional coregulation. But why do we use it with animals? Domestication ...