Even though our parents are probably happy and relieved to see us grow up and let go of some baby habits, our furry counterparts could just stay babies forever—that’s how cute little animals are!

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, ...

The TV show Too Cute! follows baby animals through their first few months of life, and lives up to its name. Oodles of puppies and kittens are coming your way to make the days of social-distancing ...

Red pandas are possibly the cutest animals in existence. But now they have a rival. One that is fluffier, bushier-tailed, and just as bright-eyed. Scientists had suspected that red pandas come in two ...

Is a frogfish as darling as a kitten? Some may say yes—but in an ugly-cute kind of way. When Ben Patten asked Weird Animal Question of the Week what makes humans see animals as cute, we decided to ...

It turns out there’s a reason you can’t control yourself around a cute little animal. It’s called “cute aggression” — and researchers behind a new study in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience say they ...

Why do we feel the need to care for things that are cute, like puppies and kittens? Austrian biologist Konrad Lorenz came up with his "kinderschema" or child scheme, which is a list of physical ...

NEW ORLEANS — Ever reacted to the sight of a cute puppy or darling infant by squealing, "I want to eat you up!"? Or maybe you can't help but want to pinch your grandbaby's adorable cheeks. You're not ...

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed by kitten's cuteness that you've been hit with an urge to squish it out of love? Then you've experienced cute aggression: a phenomenon whose mechanisms scientists ...

The first step is admitting you have a problem. A very cute problem. “Why, when something is adorable, do we get the urge to squeeze it and squish it?” National Geographic's own Emily Tye asked ...