A wild black bear stumbled his way into California’s Sequoia Park Zoo and paid a visit to his three local counterparts, ...

A wild black bear in Eureka was found inside the Sequoia Park Zoo visiting with the zoo’s three captive bears, officials said ...

A wild bear wandered into a California zoo and "interacted" with the facility's resident bruins before leaving without ...

The Detroit Zoo's Adopt-A-Stream staff volunteers contribute to water quality monitoring and conservation in the Clinton ...

Members of the House Regulatory Reform Committee on Thursday gave their approval to an amendment of the state’s Large ...

A court hearing Tuesday will determine whether an Upper Peninsula zoo should have to justify the captivity of chimpanzees.

ST. PAUL — Como Park Zoo & Conservatory has a new resident. Astra, a 4-year-old, 700-pound female polar bear, arrived Thursday night from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington.

The 700-pound female arrived on a FedEx flight, accompanied by a Washington zookeeper and a St. Paul veterinarian.

Taking its name from a 19th-century lunchtime history lesson, Michigan's Royal Oak, aka the "City of Trees," features great ...

Support for the Detroit Zoo’s newest attraction has gotten a huge boost with a $6 million grant from the Fred and Barbara Erb ...

The zoo has not revealed when the cubs will be viewable by the public, but it could be by the end of October. The bears will live in the zoo's new Bear Ridge habitat after being orphaned in Montana.

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...