A Minnesota zoo responded to claims that one of its animals, Neil the polar bear, is ill and not being cared for properly. Screengrab from Como Park Zoo and Conservatory's Facebook post. A Minnesota ...

In 1978, when writer-director Maya Forbes was 10 years old, her mother went away to graduate school, leaving Forbes and her little sister in the care of their mentally ill dad. The girls, and even ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials euthanized a 400-pound bear that consumed so much human trash that its intestines were blocked and could no longer digest food, officials said Wednesday. Wipes, ...

A highly lethal form of bird flu that has been spreading across the world has now been detected in a dead polar bear in Alaska. It is the first known case in the Arctic animals, which are listed as ...