From the tiny, silly-looking sun bear to the iconic polar bear, these animals are specially adapted to different environments, including forests, mountains, icy tundra, deserts and swamps.

There is documentation of a black bear who swam for more than nine miles in the Gulf of Mexico! True hibernators are animals that enter a dormant state during the winter months. Their body ...

Despite their name, black bears can be blue-gray or blue-black, brown, cinnamon, or even (very rarely) white. Solitary animals, black bears roam large territories, though they do not protect them ...

Biologists hope they can return him to the wilderness next year, provided he can learn to find food, seek shelter and avoid ...

As Smokey Bear turns 80 on Friday, here are eight other fun facts about the iconic bear ... ‘What if we use another type of cartoon kind of animal?’ and started tinkering with the ...