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![Researchers have discovered a new population of polar bears in Greenland.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AwtPdQSZPZLpRcUw5nGXkS-320-80.jpg)
Secret population of polar bears found living in seemingly impossible habitat
By Harry Baker published
The discovery provides a glimmer of hope for the iconic white bears.
![Black bear on a hill](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kzAatDwojrWYUmW5MbBA8R-320-80.jpg)
Family of 5 bears found hibernating under Lake Tahoe home
By Scott Dutfield published
Residents were surprised to discover a family of black bears sleeping beneath their home.
![A photo of a grizzly bear walking along a salmon spawning stream in Katmai National Park, Alaska.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5TymxJoVZQPULQFvgydUZA-320-80.jpg)
Grizzly bears: North America's brown bear
By Patrick Pester published
Grizzly bears are a type of brown bear that live in North America.
![Polar bear on melting ice in Svalbard, Norway_Paul Souders via Getty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jRKoJn879Zt2EFPbWmRw6J-320-80.jpg)
Why aren't there polar bears in Antarctica?
By JoAnna Wendel published
Polar bears evolved during a time when the North and South poles were not connected by ice or land, so they stayed at the North Pole.
![Photographer Dmitry Kokh captured photos of polar bears in abandoned buildings on the Chukchi Peninsula in northeastern Russia. He titled this image "Summer season."](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6G3zytZksDfH8vvh32f3RP-320-80.jpg)
See first-ever photos of polar bears playing house in the Russian Arctic
By Mindy Weisberger published
A wildlife photographer recently captured images of polar bears like you've never seen them before: living in abandoned buildings in the Russian Arctic.
![A side profile of a European brown bear in Norway.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HkNNxJUag4qp9x5WiUnrJN-320-80.jpg)
Brown bear wakes up from hibernation and kills 38 reindeer calves
By Patrick Pester published
Some "highly predatory" brown bears change habitats to target more reindeer and moose calves after emerging from hibernation in Sweden, a new study finds.
![A photo of a taxidermy polar bear with its mouth open.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MJfWLLtJhtnFKabfkePdDK-320-80.jpg)
Polar bear parts are being smuggled around the world
By Patrick Pester published
Hundreds of bear parts and their derivatives, such as bile, have been smuggled into Australia and New Zealand since 2007, including polar bears.
![An award-winning camera trap image of a grizzly bear looking at the camera next to an elk carcass.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bdHZ3ovab9fGAzAmtrWVWU-320-80.jpg)
Hungry grizzly bear photo-bombs camera trap in award-winning photo
By Patrick Pester published
A grizzly bear attacked a photographer's camera trap and the resulting image won the Animals in their Environment category at the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
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