Regular folks who care about wildlife generally know that climate change is bad for polar bears, but they have only vague ideas about the mechanics of it. We picture polar bears floating on ice floes ...

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 ...

Scientists made a surprise discovery this past fall when video evidence emerged of an extremely rare polar bear cub adoption in northern Manitoba. RELATED: Here's how animals survive the coldest ...

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 ...

"It's just nice to know that the bears are looking out for each other," said Evan Richardson, one of the researchers A mother polar bear in Northern Canada appears to have "adopted" a cub that is not ...

Researchers in northern Canada have observed a rare case of polar bear adoption, capturing video footage of a wild female bear caring for a cub that was not her own. "Cub adoption is relatively rare ...

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 ...

The two cubs, born in November 2024, are captured playing in fresh snow at Hungary’s Sóstó Zoo in a viral moment that has charmed social media users Sosto Zoo/Facebook Two polar bear cubs at a ...