SOUTH BEND ― The Potawatomi Zoo's Andean bear can now be seen in the habitat that was built for him next to the new concession lodge. Muniri, a 9-year-old who arrived at the zoo in August, has spent ...

Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo is unveiling its new Andean bear exhibit on May 20 after breaking ground on the project back in July 2021. The Andean bear habitat will be revealed to the public at a grand ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - It’s an exciting week at the Potawatomi Zoo, as the Andean bear exhibit is officially open! Muniri, the 9-year-old bear, is officially getting used to his new digs. It comes ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Nashville Zoo announced the arrival of a new 10-year-old male Andean bear, Pinocchio, from the Salisbury Zoo in Maryland. Pinocchio arrived in Nashville back in July and ...

QUEENS, New York (WPVI) -- The first-ever Andean bear born in New York City just made its debut at the Queens Zoo. It is part of an effort by the Wildlife Conservation Society to save Andean bears in ...

New discoveries about the Andean bear language show that the species makes five distinct sounds during mating. Photograph by Lucas Bustamante, Nature Picture Library Until recently, the Andean ...

The Andean bear is also known as the spectacled bear because of the rings of light or white fur around the eyes, which often look like glasses when set against the bear’s dark fur. While it’s not on ...

Dim the lights, put on some slow jams... get up in the tree? National Geographic's Crittercam technology just revealed a mating ritual never before seen in any bear species. An Andean bear named Ruru ...

In the Quechua culture of the Peruvian Andes, an ukuku is a demi-god character—half human, half Andean bear—that delivers ice from high-elevation glaciers to provide water to the surrounding towns.