All polar bears alive today are descended from a female brown bear that most likely hailed not from Alaska, as widely presumed, but from Ireland, scientists said. The discovery, reported online ...

Genomes analyzed in a new study on bears include that of this bear, pictured here in 1995 on Alaska's North Slope. Scientists had wondered if this bear might be a brown bear-polar bear hybrid, but the ...

Jay Pratte talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about doing work outside of the zoo for conservation efforts or doing ...

Polar bears and brown bears have been mating in Russia and producing hybrid cubs that are more resilient to climate change.. Evidence of the species, known as 'Brolar bears' or 'Pizzlies', has ...

Despite the name, Bruno was a female bear that lived somewhere between 100,000 and 70,000 years ago and its genome has helped scientists narrow in on this brown bear-polar bear divergence.

Polar Bear vs. Grizzly Bear: Key Facts Polar bears are larger than grizzly bears on average, but the largest brown bears are nearly as big as the largest polar bears.

Internet users have dubbed him the "unluckiest bear in the world," making Joey, a bear with unusual coloring, the stuff of online urban legend. As the story goes, this "albino brown bear ...

Celebrate the amazing links between polar and Irish brown bears on International Polar Bear Day. Today, February 27, is International Polar Bear Day, an annual event to raise awareness about the ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...

The polar bear rivals the Alaska brown bear as the world’s largest land predator, according to the National Wildlife Federation. Among those insights, according to the same source, is this ...

ONTARIO, Canada (WKRC) - A man was seriously injured after he jumped onto a polar bear to prevent it from attacking his wife. An unnamed Canadian couple left their home at around 5 a.m. on Tuesday ...