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A rough time for Copenhagen's polar bears.
zoos

Two Danish Polar Bears Are Getting Divorced

They can't seem to get along.
Cara Giaimo January 6, 2017
A black bear on Oswald's Bear Ranch.
Newberry, Michigan

Oswald's Bear Ranch

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.
A black bear with glacier bear cubs
Gustavus, Alaska

Glacier Bears of Glacier Bay National Park

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.
A mom and cub grizzly team.
bears

This Rare Bear Gathering in Montana Might Have Been a Family Reunion

Thirteen grizzlies, all hanging out at once.
Cara Giaimo November 2, 2016
Researchers measure a bear cub's paw.
bears

The Civilized Black Bears of Asheville, North Carolina

The burgeoning hipster city has hundreds of ursine residents.
Cara Giaimo October 14, 2016
A pair of area polar bears.
bears

Polar Bears Are Staking Out Some Russian Meteorologists

They're sleeping under the station windows.
Cara Giaimo September 13, 2016
The bear "Lunch Counter" behind Old Faithful.
national parks

Yellowstone Owes Its Early Success To Public Bear Feeding

Nightly garbage feedings, roadside gangster bears, and a public "Bear Lunch Counter" were a deliberate strategy to help set the park apart.
Cara Giaimo August 31, 2016
taxidermy

Game Wardens Seized A Fully-Stuffed Polar Bear From An Oklahoma Airport

It had been killed legally.
Eric Grundhauser August 5, 2016
trains

Check Out This Panda-Themed Train Just Unveiled in China

The subway that looks like it could be fueled by bamboo.
Eric Grundhauser August 1, 2016
Rear view of the two figures atop the Annie Stewart Memorial Fountain located near the effigy mounds at the end of Erin Street overlooking the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin

Annie Stewart Memorial Fountain

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.
bears

285,000 People Urge a Chinese Park to Free the 'World's Saddest Polar Bear'

Pizza deserves to be happy.
Erik Shilling July 20, 2016
cars

The Eternal Mystery of How This Bear Locked Itself Inside of a Car

There were no broken car windows.
Erik Shilling July 15, 2016
A stuffed black bear that is not Cocaine Bear, but likely resembles him.
drugs

Gather 'Round for the Ballad of Cocaine Bear

A Kentucky company has tracked down the surprising casualty of a drug trafficker's bizarre death.
Jessie Guy-Ryan July 10, 2016
"It doesn't belong here."
Elko, Nevada

White King

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.
animals

Found: Pedals, the New Jersey Bear Who Walks on Two Legs

Neighbors were worried he wouldn't survive the winter.
Sarah Laskow June 23, 2016
waterfalls

The Story of Sam Patch, America's First Professional Waterfall Jumper

Patch had a fondness for plunging into the abyss—in front of a paying audience.
Ella Morton June 7, 2016
bears

Grizzlies and Polar Bears Are Going to Be Fornicating More

This isn't necessarily good.
Erik Shilling May 25, 2016
trees

Why Bears Will Save Cherries From Climate Change But Not Apples

Some plants need help from animals to outrun climate change.
Sarah Laskow April 25, 2016