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On Monday, wildlife officials in Florida reported they had removed a plastic container from a bear's neck. The bear was first spotted in Collier County with the container around its neck about four weeks ago. Before wildlife...

The people have spoken, and the results are finally out. Following days of voting to determine the fattest bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park, officials at the park announced that 480 Otis 2021's fattest bear. Otis became...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is concerned over increasing incidences of bears with rare neurological disorders showing up in residential areas...

The National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are easing hunting rules on some of Alaska's national preserves and at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Conservation groups have criticized the new rules as...

It’s been nearly a month since the spreading coronavirus prompted Yosemite National Park’s closure on March 20, and resident black bears are making the most of it...

After months of eating trail mix and making human friends, a black bear cub had to be euthanized in Oregon. According to state officials, the unfortunate incident is a reminder to tourists and locals that bears and all wildlife...

The hunt for grizzlies in Yellowstone National Park is officially over. This week, a judge ordered that all grizzly bears living in or near the park to be put back on the list of endangered species. The ruling stops the attempts...

This Monday, non-profit group Animals Asia saved five moon bears that had been captive for more than two decades on a farm in Vietnam. The animals were held for 21 years, receiving regular bile extractions until their rescue...

This week, a U.S. judge will hear the arguments presented by Native American tribes and animal activists for the protection of recently demoted Yellowstone-area grizzly bears from the endangered list. The removal of the grizzlies'...

Grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park are in danger as Wyoming opens up its first bear hunt since the Endangered Species Act was passed in 1973. Wildlife conservationists working alongside famed animal rights champion...

We've long known climate change will cause trouble for polar bears in the wild, but a new study reveals their metabolic rates are higher than we thought, and a changing environment is making it harder for them to snare enough...

25 years have passed since a polar bear was born in Britain - but the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) just announced some exciting news. The United Kingdom's only female polar bear Victoria recently gave birth...

The United States government has employed M-44s, or cyanide bombs, to kill animals. But those against the use of cyanide capsules just won a small victory: the United States Agriculture Department's Wildlife Services will...

A new law in China makes it illegal to eat members of an endangered species, a major step forward in protections for wild animals. However, animal rights activists claim the legislation doesn’t go far enough, because it...

Polar bears, polar bears, polar bears! At Inhabitat, we’ve seen these mascots of global warming used in all sorts of ways to call attention to environment issues: floating, dancing and swimming, but now to raise awareness,...