A strangely shaped raccoon nicknamed Jimothy has gone viral after being spotted in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood.

I am one of Hobart’s many residents who travelled to a nearby beach to witness Neil the seal – an animal that has been ...

Animal rights activists say that viral online content about animals like ‘Punch-kun’ has the potential to drive the illegal wildlife trade. IKEA’s Djungelskog orangutan stuffed toy, which was made ...

One of the best things that can happen to a zoo or aquarium is for one of their resident animals to go viral. Just look at the multi-hour-long lines to see Moo Deng, a pygmy hippo in Thailand who has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pesto, the penguin, a viral 50-pound king penguin chick, has become an online sensation with over 1.9 billion views across social ...

The capybara was in a suburban backyard where it didn’t belong. The giant rodent, native to South American wetlands and river systems, had somehow found its way onto a British housing estate. But when ...

Are you obsessed with a certain viral baby hippo? You're not alone—I mean, who can resist those big eyes and chunky little legs? It’s no wonder we’re all flocking to Moo Deng, the internet’s ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

If you had a TV in your home in 2007, chances are you remember Sarah McLachlan's heartbreaking ASPCA commercial — the one with abused animals flashing across the screen as her song "Angel" plays in ...