Mike Bock Earlier this year, Bennet's wallaby Victoria gave birth to her sixth joey at the Smithsonian's National Zoo. Smithsonian/Brett Kuxhausen For the last few months, animal care staff at the ...

Which critters make the cutest babies? From kits and cubs to hoglets and hatchlings, we’ve scoured the animal kingdom to find the 30 most adorable offspring in the natural world, in our humble opinion ...

One of the best things that can happen to a zoo or aquarium is for one of their resident animals to go viral. Just look at the multi-hour-long lines to see Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo in Thailand who has ...

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 ...

Every puppy and kitten I see is as cute as the last, but I especially love scrolling by animals I don't see as frequently, like horses and their foals. It's even rarer to see exotic animals and their ...

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 ...

Two popcorn-scented creatures were born in North Carolina. Screengrab of Greensboro Science Center's Facebook post From popcorn-scented creatures to a surprise chimpanzee, North Carolina zoos had ...

“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 ...