U.S. officials proposed Monday to protect the pangolin, a small, nocturnal mammal covered in scales, under the Endangered ...

Even among land animals, polar bears are considered one of the best swimmers due to their streamlined bodies and webbed paws that can be used for paddling. They are capable of covering upto 100 ...

Brown Bears in an open-air enclosure at the National Park Bavarian Forest. Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Bears are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and animals. Their diet can ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay this weekend marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. Check out photos from the cold event.

Gordon Buchanan had a terrifying near-death experience with a polar bear (Picture: Jason Roberts) BBC cameraman, Gordon Buchanan, has revealed the terrifying moment a polar bear decided he was on ...

David Attenborough cameraman Gordon Buchanan was once moments from death after a polar bear decided to attack as he filmed in Svalbard in the Arctic Circle for a BBC series.

Thousands across New York and Pennsylvania jumped into ice-cold waters on January 1, New Year's Day in the annual Polar Bear Plunge. The event has been running for over 100 years in some ...

Polar bears, the largest carnivorous land mammals, ... However, increasing storm frequency and longer swims due to warming oceans pose drowning risks, particularly for cubs.

Protesters dressed as polar bears, while Al Gore’s hit 2006 film ... An often-recurrent climate story has been the alleged drowning of small Pacific islands due to sea level rise.

According to the Calgary Zoo in Calgary, Alberta, Baffin, a 7-year-old male polar bear, died by drowning following a crushing injury to his trachea by Siku, an 8-year-old male polar bear.

A beloved polar bear at a Canada zoo died suddenly by drowning this week. According to the Calgary Zoo in Calgary, Alberta, Baffin, a 7-year-old male polar bear, died by drowning following a crushing ...

A polar bear at the Calgary Zoo died in a tragic accident while playing with his fellow polar bear companion, the zoo announced Tuesday. ... leading to his tragic drowning.