Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mametsumaru is a social media account devoted to the exciting lives of one Japanese owner’s hamsters. On Christmas Eve of 2019, ...

When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying "Please! Please! Can we buy them?" Seeing a fully stocked ...

Simply sign up to the US & Canadian companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Five battery-operated robotic hamsters costing about $10 each have become the must-have toy of Christmas ...

You always figured that a rodent who drives his own car would be able to withstand the recession, right? As retailers ramp up for the all-important holiday shopping season, at least the toy stores ...

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, I arranged mouse-like piles of muesli in the hope of tempting Minky the hamster out of hiding again. I was worried that her months in the ...

MUST HAVE TOY: Parents in the US are scouring toy stores for the robot hamsters that have become a surprise Christmas hit. Photo: AP When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in ...