The first ever stuffed animal was created around 1880 by a German seamstress named Margarete Steiff. Except, it wasn’t a stuffed animal she made, but a small pincushion in the shape of an elephant.

This fall we got new carpeting. While packing our house we found dozens of items from our kids' childhood — clothes, stuffed animals, cuddle blankets — shoved into closets and under beds.

The teddy bear emerged out of a presidency. In November 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a bear hunting excursion in ...

She founded Comfort Bears in a Catastrophe in 2020 as a way to fill that gap. "We've sent over 15,000 stuffed animals to different disasters across the country, like, we just sent some hurricane ...

Jan. 19, 2025 — Ecologists have identified significant ecological risks associated with the release of hybrid groupers into Hong Kong's coastal waters, a practice ...

Animal behavior research is particularly relevant to the study of human behavior when it comes to the preservation of a species, or how an animal’s behavior helps it survive. The behavior of ...

A woman in Roxborough did everything she could to reunite a stuffed animal with its owner. Mary Ann McGruddy said that she feared the bunny has a special meaning for a child and understands that ...

As Canadians celebrate the holidays with gift giving and feasts, Health Canada is warning about a choking risk from several stuffed toys ... found that the furry animals did not meet the toys ...

Jan. 20, 2025 — Researchers have profiled the molecular structure and features of a key part of the deadly Nipah virus. Experiments in cells showe how changes in the viral polymerase -- a ...

Health Canada is asking Canadian families to check any stuffed animals that may have appeared under the tree this year because there could be a choking hazard. The agency says Chinese-made Mother ...