I have to admit that I had a hard time finding the motivation to do this year’s comment roundup (and likely wouldn’t have without Drewbert’s encouragement). This may have something to do with why a ...

The "Today" show recently featured a segment with recommendations for spring break trips, and an Oregon city made the cut.

After years of being celebrated for our food scene, independent-minded citizens and general quirkiness, Portland has lately ...

Big eyes, tiny noses and round cheeks; scientists explain why animals like Moo Deng the pygmy hippo have us hooked.

It isn’t just locals who are admiring the adorableness of the newly born elephant calf at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. On Saturday, after 20 months of pregnancy, Rose-Tu gave birth to a calf, the first ...

DeepSeek’s success embodies China’s ambitions in artificial intelligence. But it could also threaten the grip on power the ...

Just like every year, 2024 was an amazing one for animal meme lovers. The star of the show was, of course, Moo Deng, the ...

What explains her charm? Moo Deng walking around her enclosure with her mother, Jona, in January at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in central Thailand.Credit...Lauren DeCicca for The New York Times ...

He's small, cute and viral: the baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng, housed in a Thai zoo, has become the star of millions of posts, memes and videos around the world. But in the wild, the pygmy ...

A pygmy hippopotamus at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand, Moo Deng – meaning bouncy pork – took the internet by storm in 2024 with her temper tantrums and adorable personality. Biting the ...

Best Year: Moo Deng, Thailand’s Viral Sensation To say that the female baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng—Thai for “bouncy pork”—took the world and 2024 by storm would be an understatement. Born this past July ...