In Japan, ‘cute’ is a big deal. You might be familiar with long-tailed tits if you live in the UK. In winter, flocks of these little chirping birds often visit bird feeders, or flit about ...

and you’ve got a cephalopod that’s often called the cutest octopus in the world. Dumbo octopuses live at extreme depths in oceans around the world—up to 13,000 feet below the surface—and ...