A segment of the polar bear population is at risk of extinction should ice-free periods continue to get longer, researchers have determined using analysis of the sea ice as well as the health of the ...

Enshrined on the California state flag is the grizzly bear, a figure of a bygone era, because the animal has had no presence in the state for over 100 years. California legislators are hoping to ...

An effort to reintroduce grizzlies in North Cascades National Park was derailed by funding cuts, but a joint First Nations ...

There are currently over 9,760 species that are considered critically endangered. Of those, over 1,300 may be extinct, and nearly 70 are considered extinct in the wild. Additionally, thanks to climate ...

Grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park will be stripped of Endangered Species Act safeguards this summer, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced on Thursday in a move conservation ...

While grizzlies are impressive, they are not the largest bears to ever exist. Both living and extinct species have surpassed them in size. Here are five bears that were, on average or at their upper ...