Shrinking sea ice has made life harder for polar bears in many parts of the Arctic, but the population in Svalbard seems to ...

Brookfield Zoo, which has cared for generations of polar bears, hopes to offer guidelines for an area where mothers den at ...

Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses ...

Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses ...

In an Arctic where most polar bears are losing weight along with the sea ice they depend on, one group has startled researchers by turning up in robust health and carrying thick layers of fat. The ...

Finding a suitable winter den can determine whether a bear survives months of cold, deep snow, and food scarcity. For ...

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More than two dozen athletes going to the 2026 Winter Olympics have connections to the state of Michigan.

Nuka first came to Detroit in January 2020. He moved to the Toledo Zoo from Detroit in February 2022 and was paired with female polar bear Crystal as part of a breeding effort. The match resulted in ...

A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the sea ice melts rapidly.

Kali, now 13, was rescued as a cub in 2013 after residents of the Native Village of Point Lay, Alaska, discovered he’d been ...

The Detroit Zoo and the Toledo Zoo have exchanged the care of two polar bears as part of an effort to support breeding populations among zoo habitats.