There’s something magical about baby animals that instantly melts even the coldest hearts. Their oversized eyes, clumsy ...

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 ...

Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared on TODAY.com, The Forward and The Daily Orange. SEA LIFE ...

It’s that time of year again: PEOPLE magazine is on the search for the World’s Cutest Dog. The magazine has partnered with Pedigree for the eighth year in a row. Entries are open most of the month, ...

Cute features in babies and animals are more than just amusing—they trigger powerful evolutionary responses that help our species’ survival. Moo Deng, the baby pygmy hippo that has become famous ...

Tula-Tu, the elephant calf born earlier this month, is undeniably cute. But she isn’t the first baby animal to cause visitors to Portland’s zoo to audibly say, “Awwwwww.” Here are 12 sweet animal ...

How the shooting of a teen girl put a post-George Floyd police reform law to the test 49ers' Brandon Aiyuk loses $27M in ...