New research suggests that black bears could account for a significant percentage of Bigfoot sightings.
Recent footage from a zoo in China suggested that the sun bear was a man in a suit - but actually it wasn't.
An attraction at a zoo in China has gone viral after a confusing video clip was posted on social media.
Archaeologists have unearthed a pottery shard that still bears the fingerprint of the person who made it.
A 3,000-year-old clay figurine found in China bears more than a passing resemblance to the pigs from Angry Birds.
The diminishing Arctic sea ice is making it almost impossible for polar bears to satisfy their energy needs.
A new study has determined that relics from the creature are actually the remains of three bear species.
Scientists have identified a microscopic species capable of surviving almost any cataclysmic event.
Meteorologists working at a polar weather station have been trapped for weeks by a pack of polar bears.
New research suggests that drones stress bears out so much that they can suffer a heart attack.
A sword found in Lincolsnhire's River Witham in 1825 bears a peculiar inscription that nobody can read.
The late Star Trek actor was recently honored with a main-belt asteroid that now bears his name.
A little girl somehow survived almost two weeks alone in a remote bear-infested forest in Siberia.
A pack of wolves at a zoo in Winnipeg managed to dig a tunnel straight in to the polar bear enclosure.
Polar bears are at risk of going extinct if nothing is done soon to stop them from starving.
New research suggests that black bears are surprisingly adept at performing numerical calculations.
To help them survive long space trips astronauts could be put in to a form of artificial hibernation.
An unidentified creature that bears a close resemblence to last year's "Montauk Monster" has washed up on New York's coa...
Attempts to compare the DNA of the remains of an ancient polar bear found in a cave in Scotland with that of modern pola...