Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...

The internet gets a bad reputation sometimes, but every now and then it delivers something that completely restores your faith in people. Whether it's strangers going out of their way to help someone ...

Attendees at this year’s California State Fair can check out ancient relics, fly in the trees and collect exclusive stamps.

Moving a cheetah to a new home is risky—but necessary for the survival of the species. This is the tale of one particularly harrowing journey. Over the course of 53 hours, a team of conservationists ...

Penguins are some of the cutest animals in nature. Their funny walks and cute faces make them absolutely adorable to look at. They are also pretty funny when interacting with objects they’re not used ...

The octopus is one of the strangest animals ever to evolve. With 500 million neurons—most of them located in its eight arms rather than its brain—it can solve puzzles, recognize individual people, ...

There is no denying Hello Kitty’s icon status. Even if you don’t know much about the adorable, bow-wearing character, she is immediately recognizable and for good reason. The Sanrio character has been ...

The animal lovers at ZooEarthTV introduce Queenie, the quokka who is making a very strong case for the title of world's cutest animal. Cracker Barrel closes all locations of sister restaurant amid ...

Julie Elie has spent a lot of time listening to zebra finches. These chatty little birds are a popular animal model for studying communication, but most research focuses on the males’ complicated ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote for ...