In the mid-1940s a lion attacked a keeper, and in 1949 a different polar bear mauled a house painter who tried to stick a sugar cube through the bars; his arm was amputated. The San Francisco Zoo ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...

Zookeeper mauled to death by lion in front of horrified visitors ... a 37 year old bloke clambered into the enclosure housing ...

It’s a big world out there, especially for polar bear cubs emerging from their dens. An international team of researchers observed these special first steps thanks to nearly a decade of camera ...

and the University of Toronto Scarborough reveal the first detailed look at polar bear cubs emerging from their dens, captured through nearly a decade of remote camera footage in Svalbard ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...