The medal ceremonies at the 2026 Winter Games have looked different from past Olympic ceremonies. Not only do athletes get their medals, but they earn a commemorative stuffed animal as well. The ...

In the animal kingdom, doting dads are scarce: Research shows as few as 3 to 5 percent of mammalian fathers take an active role in parenting their offspring. But the reason why some seem more geared ...

Huge lines are forming outside a small zoo in Japan, all for one tiny monkey and the stuffed animal he refuses to let go of. Visitors have been crowding Ichikawa City Zoo after photos of a baby ...

Watch the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock Team USA figure skater Jason Brown may not be competing at the Milan Cortina Olympics but he’s lending a hand at the Ronald ...

ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- A Japanese macaque at a zoo here who was abandoned by his mother has found comfort in a stuffed animal, and many people both on- and offline are cheering him on. "Currently, there ...

There are some stories the internet collectively decides to care about. This week, it's a little monkey named Punch. Punch — or more colloquially, Punch-kun — is a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in ...

Upon medaling at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics, some athletes have been given rather fuzzy keepsakes: stuffed animals. That was the case when Team Italy clinched bronze in the figure skating team ...

Along with candy and flowers, a cuddly teddy bear is one of the most classic Valentine’s Day gifts. But a traditional bear is far from the only stuffed animal worth gifting to your beloved — whether ...

Walking on the way to class, you watch the growing sea of backpacks in front of you. You see the sway of keychains, the clinking of metal trinkets jolting you awake from your early morning drowsiness.

YALE — It’s hard to remember exactly when things got out of hand. But somewhere along the way, everything changed. It began only because Jacklin Kinzer wanted to keep in touch with her grandkids, ...