A six-month-old baby monkey named Yuji is the second primate to capture hearts across the internet recently for taking comfort in the arms of a stuffed animal. The plush-cuddling patas monkey, who ...

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 ...

A few months ago, you might have thought it insane that a monkey named Punch would be the reason a stuffed animal at IKEA sold out. But if you’ve been tuning in to the viral story daily, you wouldn’t ...

The 28-year-old teacher tells PEOPLE her students "absolutely loved" bringing in their stuffed animals to class Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

In early 2026, images and videos appearing to show a baby monkey holding an orangutan plush toy went viral on social media. While Punch pulled on heartstrings across the world, skeptical Snopes ...

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 ...

Nathan MacKinnon has already made his feelings known about his Team Canada loss to the United States in the Olympic men's hockey gold-medal game on Sunday, telling reporters, "You be the judge of who ...

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 ...

As the U.S. and Canadian hockey players received their medals — gold for the U.S. and silver for Canada — Olympic officials also handed them a stuffed animal. Each player received the Olympic mascot, ...

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 ...