Siku, a 15-year-old male polar bear, is moving in the coming weeks to Madison, Wisconsin — home, of course, of the University ...

Captive life does more than change routines for bears and pandas. It also changes the microscopic communities living in their ...

Spanning India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and Pakistan, the region is home to some of the most elusive and majestic wildlife ...

A new study asks whether 100 years of plush redesign has turned the wild’s most feared predator into a comfort object—and ...

India's rich biodiversity includes numerous endangered and vulnerable species, many of which are designated as state animals ...

This amazing national park in China boasts wondrous wildlife and beautiful foliage, as well as breathtaking animals like the famous giant panda.

Hamsters are small rodents of the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains about 19 species. The golden or Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is one of the best-known species of hamster. Syrian ...

Amid a surge of applications for Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade, the state is reducing the number of black bears that can be taken in the controversial December event. State wildlife ...

FILE - A Grizzly bear walk through Yellowstone National Park near Mammoth, Wyo., May 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, David Grubbs, File) (CN) — Conservationists are celebrating after a federal ...

This story has been updated to correct a typo. Bear Warriors United, an Oviedo-based nonprofit dedicated to defending Florida's wildlife, filed a lawsuit Aug. 15 to block the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

ACCORD, N.Y. — The Woodsist Music Festival is set to return Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday, Sept. 21, according to an announcement. The festival will feature over a dozen bands and artists performing ...

This homeowner's patio may have been cat-proof, but it certainly wasn't bear-proof. A homeowner in South Carolina was shocked to see a black bear helping itself to cat food on their porch. WLOS (@wlos ...