Latest about Bears
Bleak photo of polar bear with plastic in its jaws in the remote Arctic shows pollution's 'pervasive grip'
Image of polar bear with plastic hanging from its mouth shortlisted for Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024 award.
Sun bear: The little carnivores that look so similar to humans they've been mistaken for people wearing costumes
Sun bears often stand upright like humans, and mothers even walk around cradling their babies in their arms.
Polar bear sleeping on tiny iceberg drifting in Arctic sea captured in heartbreaking photo
An image captured off the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard shows a young polar bear drifting to sleep on a small iceberg after carving a bed in the ice.
Bigfoot? Sasquatch? Nope, it's probably just a black bear — unless you live in Florida
Bigfoot reports across North America have been linked to the presence of black bears, but the research can't account for sightings in Florida.
Extinct 'hypercarnivorous' California grizzly bears were actually mostly vegetarian before Europeans showed up
Although extinct California grizzlies upped their meat consumption following European colonization and agricultural expansion, they were mostly veggie and smaller than what historical sources claim.
'This is unlikely to be an isolated event': 1st polar bear death from bird flu spells trouble for species
Bird flu could be another blow for polar bear populations that are already at risk from climate change.
Half-asleep bears are wandering around Siberia because it's too hot to hibernate
Bears that are struggling to hibernate due to abnormally warm weather in Russia's Amur region are wandering around in a daze, having suppressed their metabolism in preparation for winter.
Bear linked to multiple attacks in Japan found dead alongside its final victim
Japanese officials found the body of a missing student alongside the corpse of a brown bear that likely killed him. The bear is also suspected of attacking several other people in the area.
