Three years ago, during an expedition at the bottom of the Gulf of Alaska, a submarine detected a golden orb that contrasted with surrounding rocks. Its smooth, organic surface did not resemble that ...

A mother and her three-year-old daughter were among the thousands cheering for the Boston Marathon runners on Boylston Street on Monday, but a beloved stuffed animal was lost in the crowd. Katie ...

"We were devastated when we lost her," Katie Pedrick tells PEOPLE Sam Gillette is a Staff Writer on the Human Interest team at PEOPLE. She first joined PEOPLE in 2016. Dr. Katie Pedrick A toddler ...

You’ve seen him and you’ve probably shed a tear or two. Punch the monkey took the internet by storm last month carrying around an IKEA monkey that symbolized his mom, and while the internet was crying ...

To proudly go where no plushie has gone before. A British tech company dropped a stuffed animal from the Earth’s stratosphere — and are hoping they broke a world record. Emy, a fluffy, 9-ounce, yellow ...

For the first time, Build-A-Bear is expanding its offerings as part of a wholesale partnership with Walmart. On Thursday, the popular stuffed animal retailer announced it is bringing a line of bears ...

He’s the rejected monkey who has become the internet’s adopted animal baby. But while you cannot take Punch home, you can curl up with his companion — if you can find one in stock, that is. Punch, a ...

An Ikea stuffed orangutan has sold out after Punch, the abandoned baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan, stole the hearts of many when a video showed him dragging the plushie around his enclosure ...

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 ...

The medal ceremonies at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan have had an odd addition. Each competitor who gets a medal also gets a stuffed animal. After the USA-Canada gold medal hockey match, it was ...

While plushies may be popular with Millennials and the younger generations, it seems the cuddly Olympic stuffed animals that were handed out after Team Canada’s loss to Team USA in the men’s hockey ...

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 ...