They are the only bear species in the state, and, despite the name, their fur ranges in color from blond to black. It’s been ...

Two burly brown bears come face to face and battle over a carcass, each determined to take their share of the spoils!

California's black bears are clever, resourceful and opportunistic. They eat anything and everything--fruits, nuts, insects, human food and pet food. They love bird feeders. They poach mountain lion ...

A grizzly old time is being had at the Ohio zoo as staff tend to a newborn sloth bear and drum up help for what to name her.

The eyes may be windows to the soul in humans, but the teeth are the telling feature for the Mexican gray wolf. Wear and tear on a wolf's sharp canine teeth can be used to track age, trauma and ...

Friendship with a truly strange creature, plus Shark Girl’s conservation and a dinosaur’s pursuit of poetry: columnist ...

The DEC announced recently the numbers on the bears harvested during the 2024 season. The 1685 bears taken were 24% higher ...

When a black bear in Minnesota woke up from hibernation in the middle of winter and attacked three people and a dog, ...

Gaylene Thomas, a wildlife care manager at the San Diego Zoo, oversees two teams that care for a variety of species, ...

they’re agile bears that can run faster than a human and will attack if surprised. It was a European zoologist, George Shaw, who named the sloth bear for its long, thick claws and unusual teeth.