Dmitry Kokh captured polar bears looking out of the windows of an abandoned weather station on Kolyuchin Island in Russia (Credit: Dmitry Kokh) A photographer's iconic shot of polar bears in ...

(Provided by Karen Mason) Bear Valley International School has won a Denver Public Schools-wide mural competition sponsored by UnitedHealthcare, earning a professionally designed mural on its campus ...

Black fur and a white crescent patch on their chests are their distinguishing features. They tend to be more carnivorous than North American bears. Sloth bears are smaller than most other bears. There ...

As it turns out, a mama bear and her cubs couldn’t resist using it as their personal jungle gym, photos show.

SAN DIEGO — On Wednesday, the San Diego Zoo announced the names of the two sloth bears born in December, following a poll launched last week. Voters selected the female cub to be named 'Shehani ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The San Diego Zoo announced on Wednesday the results of a public poll that determines the names of two sloth bear cubs that were born back in December. While asking ...

A pair of newly-named sloth bear cubs — Shehani and Kumar — play together at the San Diego Zoo. (San Diego Zoo) The San Diego Zoo has announced the results of a poll it held last month to name ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around Earth chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator — a plush white *polar* bear. But given that the four-member Fram2 crew is ...