In 2018, staff at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago began to notice something unusual about a male polar bear named Siku. He was losing hair, revealing patches of black skin underneath. Evidently itchy ...

Enjoying these sizzling summer days? Imagine if you were the lone polar bear at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. Actually, zoo ...

You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

The polar bears at the Buffalo Zoo are kept comfortable in the hottest months of the year with climate controlled habitats and always-cool swimming pools.

The Truth About Polar Bear Skin Underneath their fur, polar bears have black skin. This may sound surprising, but it's a crucial adaptation.

A polar bear accidentally killed another polar bear as zoo visitors watched on in a tragic case of rough play. A necropsy has shown that the polar bear at a zoo in western Canada died by drowning ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Records in the SI Archives of the ...

Polar bears might be greasier than widely believed. The bears’ greasy fur is the secret to the popular species’ survival in one of Earth’s most punishing climates. The grease, also known as ...

Depending on the source, the "albino brown bear" or "albino grizzly bear" has repeatedly been transported to the Arctic after mistakenly being identified as an out-of-place polar bear.

In 2018, staff at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago began to notice something unusual about a male polar bear named Siku. He was losing hair, revealing patches of black skin underneath. Evidently itchy ...

A polar bear accidentally killed another polar bear as zoo visitors watched on in a tragic case of rough play. A necropsy has shown that the polar bear at a zoo in western Canada died by drowning ...