A mother polar bear in Northern Canada appeared to have "adopted" a cub not biologically her own. This is an extremely rare occurrence, researchers said — only 13 instances in a group of 4,600 polar ...

A wild female polar bear was recently filmed with a cub that’s not her own: a notably rare behavior that’s been determined to be an adoption. It was filmed during the annual polar bear migration along ...

An orphaned bear cub is doing well two weeks after she was pulled from a tree by a group of people apparently looking to take pictures with her, an animal rescue said Tuesday. She was taken in by the ...

On Saturday, Dec. 20, a young female bear cub was found curled up on the road near Dawson Creek by NLWS volunteer Shawn ...

The cub is recovering and thriving at the Cheetah Rescue and Conservation Centre in Somaliland Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden announced the birth of an endangered Sumatran tiger cub in its Cat Forest habitat.

North Carolina officials are investigating the incident that was caught on film. A group of people may have gotten the chance for a furry social media post when a pair of bear cubs made their way to a ...

A bear cub yanked from a tree by a group of people in North Carolina to take a picture last week is doing well in a rehab facility and, if the animal meets standards for release, could be returned to ...

The long-standing king of Alaska's Brooks River, Bear 856, killed a recently born cub along the river bank on July 3. The killing of the cub happened beyond view of the bear cams situated near the ...

A Pakistani YouTube star who was gifted a lion cub on his wedding day has avoided jail after promising a judge to upload animal rights videos for a year. Rajab Butt has one of the largest online ...

For now, the cub will join some of the other rescued animals, including bear cubs, staying at the facility. Langen says ...

An image showing an elephant carrying a lion cub with its trunk took another lap around the internet in September 2018, after it was labeled "one of the best photos of the century" and attached to a ...