Developed by 20-year-old electrical engineer Xyla Foxlin, Pari is a soft, gray huggable stuffed animal that sort of hugs you back. Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable Foxlin ...

Sometimes, we all just need a hug and a friendly face. The Gentle Barn in Christina, Tennessee (near Murfreesboro) makes it a mutually-healing experience for animals and humans alike. Start the ...

The ability to touch, hug or snuggle an animal that is not domesticated might make people believes those animals could be pets or that there is no need for conservation efforts. “Put simply ...

Pick up this “unicorn plush” or choose from more than a dozen other animals. This weighted plush measures 18 inches in length and weighs 2.5 pounds, for a soft and snuggly hold. Hugs and ...

KALMTHOUT, Belgium, March 11 (Reuters) - Ostriches are normally territorial and aggressive birds best approached with caution, but at a Belgian animal rescue farm, the hand-reared birds are so ...

He has a plush racoon from his childhood, crochets them when friends or family have babies, and still sometimes hugs a stuffed animal or uses one as a pillow when he sleeps, he said. It might ...

Belgian 15-year-old Gibbe Vanden Kieboom from Brecht, who followed treatments for depression, offers a hug to a 10-month-old ostrich at the De Passiehoeve, an animal rescue farm where animals ...