Meet the most smiley animal on earth: the quokka. A native of Australia, the quokka is a marsupial in the macropod family (along with wallabies and kangaroos) with a permanently positive outlook. Its ...

One odd genre of fake photographs we encounter often involve stuffed animals or toys passed off as real animals. For instance, the "world's cutest rodent," this "short-tailed weasel," this "zunzuncito ...

The quokka, an impossibly-cute marsupial that's taken social media by storm, is facing unexpected threats in its southwestern Australia home. The quokka, an adorable marsupial hailing from ...

Two French tourists have been fined $4,000 each after pleading guilty to animal cruelty towards a quokka. The pair will have to spend a night in custody after failing to raise enough money to pay the ...

This adorable creature from southwestern Australia is widely known as the happiest animal in the world—and you’re about to see why There’s no shortage of charm in the animal kingdom. Cats purr.

A Perth man who was filmed kicking a quokka on Rottnest Island has been fined $4,000 for the ill-treatment of the animal. Harrison Angus McPherson, 20, was charged after a video of the incident was ...

If you want to snag a selfie with Roger Federer, it helps to be an adorable animal indigenous to Australia. The tennis legend made a new furry buddy ahead of the Hopman Cup in Perth when he snapped a ...

Cats have known the magical bliss of the face massage for eons, it's nice to see that other animals are finally catching on Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

“We’ll start sponsoring them. What do they cost? I’ll buy Loretta right now,” Jelly continued, leaning over to pet the quokka ...

Jelly Roll recently spent time overseas in Australia, where he performed his first-ever headlining tour and also had the rare ...