Carl Dunrud steadied himself against the small schooner. It was 1926 and the Yellowstone Park ranger and Wyoming cowboy had a ...

Polar bears are natural swimmers and are the only bear in the world considered marine animals. In fact, their scientific name is Ursus maritimus, which means “sea bear.”They can cover long ...

A zoo in Japan introduced twin polar bear cubs to the public on Monday ... with each other and cozying up to their mother. The male and female cubs, which were born at the park in December ...

Fatal polar bear encounters usually occur among young, male bears looking for food, or older bears who may be too old or sick to hunt for food. “Both of those bear types are more likely to take ...

A polar bear that received media attention after she and her brother were abandoned by their mother is now living at the Reid Park Zoo. Snow arrived in Tucson Thursday night after spending the ...

“Neil holds a special place in our hearts, and he is the oldest living male polar bear under human care in North America,” Como Park Zoo and Conservatory said in a Facebook post.. The post ...

The death of an iconic lion set off global protests to ban killing for fun. Here, Eduardo Gonçalves explores the mindset of ...

From Fight Club to Gladiator, many films feature characters described as 'alpha males'. But did you know that there are actually six categories of men?

Polar bears are playful creatures, so they also like swimming for the same reason humans do: it’s just plain fun! Climate Change Affects Polar Bears. Polar bears are sensitive to climate change.

The town of Churchill does have a healthy tourism industry. Why? To see the yearly polar bear migrations, of course. Churchill is smack-dab in the middle of the peninsula where thousands of polar ...

The body of the UK’s oldest polar bear has been donated to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh for scientific ...