Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...

Zoologist Konrad Loranz argued way back in 1949 that the typical baby face – big eyes, heads large in comparison to their bodies and small noses – turned adults into happy baby-tending machines.

They do it by being cute. Babies not only look cute, with their big eyes, chubby cheeks and button noses, their infectious laughs and captivating scent also make them sound and smell cute.

The holiday season is all about cute. You've got those ads with adorable children and those movies about baby animals with big eyes. But when people encounter too much cuteness, the result can be ...

Little possum, big world This baby possum is seen balancing on its caretaker’s hand. Aren’t baby possum pictures the best?

Known as 'baby schema', these include big eyes, large heads, chubby bodies and soft textures. Babies have these traits, as do puppies, but so do other inanimate objects that are less obvious.

Cute, cuddly, and utterly adorable, bush babies are like real-life plushies ... The videographer then puts the animal on a ...

If you want to grab a baby’s attention, get some pictures of puppies and other young animals. A new study shows how even young kids are primed to look at cute babies instead of adults.

Young women are much better than men of all ages at spotting a cute baby, finds a new study. The younger women beat older women at the task, too.

Meaning, babies depend on being cute for survival. But what is cute? Is it a button nose? Is it big baby eyes? Is it soft skin and innocent laughter? Science says it's all that and a bag of chips.

Cute animals—like the baby giant panda that will make her debut in Washington, D.C., this weekend—are adorable because they share traits with human babies, experts say.