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Bear 402, with dark brown coat, walking across a trail toward tall grass.

It's time to vote for the chonkiest bear in Katmai National Park

By Stephanie Pappas published

It’s Fat Bear Week at the Brooks River in Alaska.

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Grazer ("Bear 128"), with medium blonde coat and light fluffy ears, stands at the edge of the water with tall grass behind her.

During Fat Bear Week, bears compete in a battle of the bulge

By Mindy Weisberger published

Who will be the chonkiest bear of all? As bears in Alaska's Katmai National Park bulk up for winter, rangers invite the public to select one thicc beauty as the favored fattest.

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The adult cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) mummy still has a nose.

Cave bear mummy discovered in Siberia still has its internal organs, fur and black nose

By Laura Geggel published

An ancient cave bear adult and cub mummy have been found in the melting permafrost of Siberia.

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A man with a beard takes a punch to the jaw.

Did men's beards evolve to absorb a punch to the jaw?

By Mindy Weisberger published

Thick facial hair could cushion the face and jaw, lending protection against punches, kicks and other combat blows.

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Why does this man have a red beard?

Why do some men have red beards, but not red hair?

By Benjamin Plackett published

It all boils down to genetics.

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A polar bear named Gerda and a polar bear cub playing in the Novosibirsk Zoo.

Polar bear photos: Stunning shots capture Earth's icons of climate change

By Jeanna Bryner published

On International Polar Bear Day, let's celebrate the largest of the bear species with these magnificent polar bear photos.

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GIF image of a baby panda falling from the tree trunk it was trying to climb.

Some Pandas Use Their Head to Climb. Others Just ... Can't. And It's So Unbearably Cute.

By Kimberly Hickok published

Baby pandas. Enough said.

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newborn panda in incubator

Giant Panda Babies Are Born 'Undercooked' and No One Knows Why

By Rafi Letzter published

The leading theory just fell apart.

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brown bear

Fugitive Bear Escapes Jail Cell, Scales 3 Electric Fences and Is Now on the Run

By Isobel Whitcomb published

Run, bear, run!

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Albino Panda

Albino Panda Spotted in the Wild for the First Time

By Laura Geggel published

Pandas are known for their furry black-and-white markings, so wildlife experts were stunned to see an all-white panda with red eyes tramping through a bamboo forest in China last month.

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