A bear-sized bluefin tuna has been sold at a Tokyo market for ¥207 million ($1.3 million), boasting enough fishy flesh to create a sashimi platter that could satisfy an entire school of sharks. The ...

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

These polar bears appear to be maintaining their physical health despite the loss of sea ice—their preferred hunting grounds ...

A team of scientists from EPFL and Alaska Pacific University has developed an AI program that can recognize individual bears ...

“Svalbard (and the Barents Sea area) has experienced a much faster loss of sea ice than other areas having polar bears,” Aars ...

Polar bears that live along the Barents Sea near Svalbard -- the archipelago between Norway and the North Pole -- appear to be thriving, despite the region experiencing some of the most drastic sea ...

For the Smithsonian National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), Christmas came early in 2025. Zookeepers were delighted to welcome two new arrivals—sloth bear cubs, born in an off-exhibit ...

From tropical rainforests, to mountain ranges and regions, grasslands and tropical forests, bears are found throughout the world. The world’s smallest bears may not tower over the forest, but they are ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Conservationists are considering adding black bears to the federal list of threatened species in an effort to prevent future hunts. Advocacy groups are preparing to file legal action ...

FLORIDA – After having what one described as a “significant impact” on Florida’s black bear hunt this month, conservationists could seek to add bears to the federal threatened species list. The ...

Florida wildlife officials are hailing December’s black bear “harvest” as a safe and successful event, noting hunters killed dozens of bears during the highly criticized, state-sanctioned hunt. After ...

With a natural range limited to a few stretches of forest in California, the giant sequoia is known for one feature above all else: its sheer size. The largest tree species on the planet by volume ...