The photographer of a stunning image of a polar bear drifting off to sleep on a bed of ice won the Natural History Museum's 2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award, drawing attention to the ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — A mid-October swim isn't all that commonplace, but the Como Zoo's newest resident was anxious to make her public debut. Astra the polar bear paddled out on the deep-water side of the ...

Update: Astra made her Como debut on Monday, Oct. 13, by exploring the deep-water side of Polar Bear Odyssey. Get more updates on Como Park Zoo & Conservatory’s Facebook page. Como Park Zoo & ...

So-called “epigenetic clocks” are helping wildlife biologists estimate the ages of animals far more easily than in the past. By Carl Zimmer Susannah Woodruff can’t wait to stop pulling teeth out of ...

As part of Polar Bear Week (Nov. 2-8), a new artificial intelligence-based system, which has been in a testing phase in the ...

The NC Zoo reported Thursday that Payton, its beloved, 1,000-pound male polar bear, died on Wednesday, just short of his 20th birthday. Payton was traveling to the zoo in Louisville, Ky., for a ...