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 ...

We see them everywhere: videos of pets looking cute on social media. But are these videos really so cute—or are risks for the animals hiding in plain sight?

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 ...

Ghalia Shamayleh has received funding for this research project from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Concordia Aid to Scholarly Research Fund Grants. Concordia ...