DNR officers in the Upper Peninsula investigated a complaint about a hunter who had killed a bear accompanied by cubs.

Bear X33991 leading her two cubs along the ice. Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill (Wildlife Photographer, Guide, and Polar Bears International Photo Ambassador) Get the Popular Science daily ...

When scientists in Canada came across a female polar bear with two cubs in the fall, they made an unusual discovery: One of the young was not her own offspring but instead a rare documented example of ...

A man from the Upper Peninsula may face more criminal charges for allegedly killing a mother bear accompanied by cubs.

Researchers were surprised when they spotted an additional cub with this mother polar bear. Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill When female polar bear X33991 first emerged from her maternal den in ...

Dec. 18 (UPI) --A team of Canadian researchers have documented a rare case of a female polar bear adopting an unrelated cub who was apparently orphaned. The nonprofit group Polar Bears International ...

A polar bear mom emerged from her den with one cub, but was later seen in Churchill, Manitoba, with two. Researchers say she likely adopted an abandoned cub, only the 13th case observed in 45 years.

In this memorable scene from Animal Control, Frank crawls into a mineshaft to save a baby bear—only to face a split-second ...

Andrea Capotosto sat at a table outside Brown University's Sharpe Refectory with a big brown teddy bear, a basket full of candy and a handwritten construction paper sign with the words “FREE MOM HUGS.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — In the aftermath of the mass shooting at Brown University, a staff member and Rhode Island mom felt she needed to show up for students as they grieved. Andrea Capotosto, who ...

It's a beautiful story out of the arctic to end your year on a good note. A polar bear mom took on a second (presumably orphaned) cub in only the 13th recorded case of adoption for this species in the ...