Officials at Prague Zoo say heaps of ice help animals, particularly polar bears, feel at home during hot summer days.

The St. Louis Zoo announced on Thursday that it has launched a new conservation initiative that will support research, field work and outreach to help both wild polar bears in the Arctic and the ...

3. Researchers say polar bears face threats from climate change and melting ice. 4. They are excellent swimmers. 5. Polar bear females usually have two cubs at a time.

The bear came to Point Defiance as a cub with her sister and habitat-mate, Astra, from the Detroit Zoo two years ago. Twins are common in polar bears, and in the wild, typically only one will ...

Zoo staff will stay on hand while the pair gets acclimated to make sure both bears continue to interact safely. With any luck, the zoo could one day get a baby polar bear.

ST. LOUIS – Polar bear twin brothers made their public debut Tuesday morning at the Saint Louis Zoo. Kallu and Kallik can be viewed at McDonnell Polar Bear Point during regular zoo hours from 9 ...

Lately, two polar bears have been part of the Detroit Zoo collection, a male named Nuka born in 2004 and a female named Suka born in 2012. Haley was born Nov. 15, 2002, at Seneca Park Zoo in ...

Polar bears deploy “still hunting,” where they lay motionless next to a breathing hole in the ice. There, they wait for seals to surface.

She’s the new 22-year-old polar bear who recently arrived at the Detroit Zoo. Haley was born on Nov. 15, 2002, and comes from the Memphis Zoo, where she had been living since she was 4 years old.

Buffalo’s 4-month-old polar bear cub is about to get a friend. Kali, an orphaned male of just about the same age who was found on March 12 near Point Lay, Alaska, is expected to come to Buffalo ...