A grim discovery of human remains scavenged by bears at a Colorado picnic area has sparked an investigation, but officials ...

Investigators don’t think a bear or bears that ate parts of a human body found Sunday near Grand Mesa in western Colorado ...

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As Arctic ice disappears and animal ranges begin to overlap, species that were once separated are meeting for the first time in thousands of years. Scientists have already documented hybrid animals ...

Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. As the Arctic climate warms, some polar bears ...

Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left behind by hunters and to ...

WASHINGTON — Some polar bears and their cubs already in danger of extinction could be legally killed by private oil-drilling projects in northern Alaska, according to proposed new regulations. The ...

Sometimes the internet delivers exactly what you need: a moment of pure joy that also reminds you there's something bigger going on in the world. That's precisely what happened when the Oregon Zoo ...

A polar bear at the Oregon Zoo has become the internet’s newest obsession — and it’s easy to see why. A TikTok video posted by the zoo’s official account shows the bear gleefully swishing around in a ...