The animal kingdom can be rather unforgiving, but even the cutest animals have strange reasons to do some pretty gruesome ...

I n the archive of Carl Hagenbeck’s Tierpark (Animal Park), which opened in Hamburg in 1907, there is a remarkable photograph ...

For some in Kansas City, Monday’s snow was a more-than-welcome sight. In a video shared by the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium, ...

It would be amazing to see her raise some cubs and help ensure a long-term future for this very vulnerable species.” ...

This week is your last chance to visit Nora — the Oregon Zoo’s once-lonely, now beloved polar bear — before she leaves the ...

Nora is moving to Wisconsin's Henry Vilas Zoo in December. The last day to see her is Sunday, Dec. 30. According to a press ...

A polar bear is to be moved temporarily from his home in the Highlands to a zoo in Yorkshire so building work can be done on his enclosure. Brodie was born at the Royal Zoological Society of ...

A lover of animal photography, Christopher Best posted a photo of a polar bear on his Instagram page the day before his death Christopher Best/Facebook A 34-year-old man died after he was attacked by ...

In his new role, he helped secure a new contract with a union representing nearly 1,800 Teamsters amid strike threats after ...

The bears were 6-month-old cubs when they were rescued from someone keeping them as pets. Sadie died in February. Pal died in October. Sadie and Pal not only found shelter at Bear Mountain, but a fan ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Growing up in Canada, I always considered the Arctic part of my ...