The strength and smarts it takes to be successful when food is hard to come by can become a little problematic when humans ...

While the polar bear is huge, it is not the biggest bear ever to walk around in North America. That honor would go to the ...

Photos released by the habitat show Henry in something of a food coma after smashing around a third of the pumpkin in one ...

A silent, all-electric Tundra Buggy helps researchers get closer to the bears to study them, and can even broadcast live to the world.

A remote Arctic island once used as a Soviet weather station has become overrun by polar bears. On Kolyuchin Island, in Russia’s Chukchi Sea, dozens of bears now roam through abandoned buildings and ...

Polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia’s far eastern coast were intimately captured in drone footage by Vadim Makhorov. The photographer was filming the ...

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ST PAUL, Minn. — A mid-October swim isn't all that commonplace, but the Como Zoo's newest resident was anxious to make her public debut. Astra the polar bear paddled out on the deep-water side of the ...

Update: Astra made her Como debut on Monday, Oct. 13, by exploring the deep-water side of Polar Bear Odyssey. Get more updates on Como Park Zoo & Conservatory’s Facebook page. Como Park Zoo & ...

There's a new bear in town, bringing the number of polar bears at the Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota, to four. On Friday morning, zoo officials announced the arrival of 4-year-old Astra, who they ...

Astra, a female polar bear, at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, on Nov. 14, 2023. Astra, a 4-year-old, 700-pound female, arrived Oct. 9, 2025 at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in St.