In early December, the Thomas Fire erupted in Southern California. By the time it was fully contained some five…

I’m a hunter. Not because I hate animals or nature, but because I love them. Two weeks ago, I flew to Washington to…

Have you seen that "behind the scenes at National Geographic" photo where those guys are running from a bear? It's…

Scientists working at the National Institutes of Health are usually concerned with problems like infectious disease…

Drew Hamilton, a tech worker at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, was chilling out with a friend, admiring the…

A bear saves her cub from a sure dead under an automobile. It is cute—but also a depressing reminder on how humans…

Mango is a 19 year old male Syrian brown bear who lives at Israel's Ramat Gan Safari Park, a zoo not far from Tel…

This might not be the most aggressive black bear on Earth but these two bulldogs didn't know that when they decided…

This is Mango, a 19-year old Syrian brown bear that has been sedated for back surgery due to a slipped disc. Mango…

Inspired by the sad story of Bruno the Bear, artist Eiko Ishizawa created this "Great Sleeping Bear"…

If Teddy Ruxpin had tried harder to keep up with technology he wouldn't have risen from the grave using proprietary…

This little feller is Agriarctos beatrix, which roamed the forests of Spain some eleven million years ago. It…

Some people thought that featuring the bizarre history of vibrators was in poor taste for Mother's Day. Poor…

When bears go to sleep for months at a time, their heart rate, metabolism, and body temperature drop to almost…

Arya Stark wouldn't dare put up posters to look for her lost direwolf Nymeria, not after that incident with…

Well, humanity had a good run, but now it's over. This bear was recently spotted using a rock as a tool, the first…

When it comes to skin care, I've long known that I don't put much effort in. But I didn't expect a wild bear to put…

Imagine going to sleep for months at a time and then waking up just in time to land on Mars. Hibernation is second…

Pandas. Zoos want them, other bears want to be them (maybe?). But are they really worth all the trouble? Let's fight…

Every polar bear alive today shares a common maternal ancestor, and it isn't even a bear from the same species.…