Returning to the childhood habit of cuddling with stuffed animals offers a tender, joyful way to relax and fall asleep.

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.

A Chicago family is asking for help locating their son's favorite stuffed bear that went missing during a festival visit in ...

From chipmunks to birds, hundreds of species hibernate each year. But what about polar bears? Here's how they spend their winter.

A worker at a natural gas field in Siberia received an eerie visit: he spotted a family of polar bears hanging around outside his home - the hungry predators were looking for something to eat.

This is the moment a family of polar bears is spotted in a northern Siberian settlement, searching for food. The footage was filmed at the Kharasavey natural gas field in the Yamalo-Nenets ...

Hidden Planet Arctic animals are battling more diseases in recent decades. Here’s why. Stories have surfaced of animals such as polar bears fighting off new diseases, and sometimes losing that ...

Bears are a type of mammal that can be found in many parts of the world. From the tiny, silly-looking sun bear to the iconic polar bear, these animals are specially adapted to different ...

The Teddy Bear Love Fund story began 29 years ago, spanning through three generations of a family who has first-hand experience with child hospitalization. The fund has evolved over the last ...

Many people had a favorite stuffed animal as a child, and many more than you think might still have one. Experts explain why they could be beneficial for your sleep.

“I grabbed a polar bear from my childhood bedroom to ward off the onslaught of bad news and fear,” journalist Sarah Gannett wrote in The New York Times. The resurgence of plush toys also has ...

Where's Panda? Family pleads for help finding 35-year-old stuffed bear Eleven-year-old Teddy and his panda go everywhere together, but during a recent trip to Arizona, the stuffed animal disappeared.