The rare event marks the 13th known instance of adoption within this well-studied group of polar bears living in the western Hudson Bay area ...

"It's just nice to know that the bears are looking out for each other," said Evan Richardson, one of the researchers ...

Tierpark Berlin, home to the unnamed female cub, is the same zoo that hand-raised Knut the famous polar bear She doesn’t have a name, but she knows how to pose. Tierpark Berlin is teasing the public ...

A mother polar bear has made the decision to adopt - a move that scientists say is extremely rare - and the new family was caught on video.

A polar bear mother and her cub were walking near Churchill in mid-November when scientists saw her with a second cub, which ...

Researchers have tracked how the mother, who also has a biological cub, has taken in a second young bear in a rarely documented case.

A stunningly tender moment between a polar bear mama and her cub was recently captured on film in Manitoba, and it’s making me realize that in many ways, I’m not all that different from a polar bear ...

The cub recently made its public debut at the Royal Zoological Society's Highland Wildlife Park in Scotland Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her ...

Mom and polar cub play in their enclosure at the zoo. Polar bear cub Nanook and her mother were captured exploring their enclosure for the first time at the Zoom Erlebniswelt zoo in Gelsenkirchen, ...

The 5-week-old cub began to open her eyes Friday. — -- A sleeping polar bear cub at an Ohio zoo was caught apparently dreaming and the zoo got the adorable slumber on video. In the video, the cub ...

Like a real-life teddy bear, this polar bear cub just wants a hug. Rescuers on behalf of the Moscow Zoo have captured an orphaned polar bear, first discovered and cared for by a group of kind-hearted ...

The first polar bear cub to be born in the UK in a quarter of a century will take its first steps in public Wednesday. Visitors can check out the cub and its mom Victoria at the Royal Zoological ...