A cute animal picture with a pithy saying can spread like wildfire across social media. Memes are contagious, infecting the internet and your mind. But those cute animal pictures can be dangerous.

Not everything is bad on social networks, with cute animal photos often taking center stage. Two researchers have analyzed ...

Turn off notifications and put away your phone. These funny animal memes are just getting better and better. You’ll also want to scroll through these funny photos that will crack you up.

From clumsy puppies to grinning chimps, adorable animal content is fantastically popular on social media. But while these charming snaps are a source of instant joy for viewers, it turns out that ...

You can’t have a kitty meme dump without some of the cutest cat photos out there. Whether it’s the hair on the couch or the sweet moment between a child and their pet, animals have always had ...

In the latest trend to justify the internet's existence, Twitter users are pairing animal emojis with emojis for various objects, depict adorable scenes of interspecies harmony. The meme seems to ...

Almost everyone agrees, though, that the most potent memes involve some combination of appealing animals and punning ... argument – sometimes dubbed the cute cats theory of political activism ...

Social media gets a lot of criticism over its platforming of toxic, divisive or polarizing content. But if you took away the ...

Karen Zack, the 25-year-old behind the popular memes, told ABC News that everything started with the collection of cute animal pictures she'd amassed on her phone over time. "When I zoom out to ...