From chipmunks to woodchucks, hundreds of animals hibernate. Are polar bears on that list? They don't take a long winter's nap the way you may think. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you ...

The world is waking back up again—and in the case of Yellowstone National Park's black bears, it literally is! Aside from ...

Despite their distance, all of these bears have one thing in common: they hibernate. While bears are busy consuming up to 20,000 daily calories to prepare for hibernation, humans eat a fraction of ...

Polar Bears International / YouTube The remote locations of polar bear dens makes footage of the bears emerging from hibernation rare – but a research project spanning nearly ten years is ...

Black bear mating season takes place during the summer, but embryos do not begin to develop until the mother bear enters her den. Cubs are born in the middle of the winter denning period, usually ...

According to MassWildlife, there are at least 4,500 black bears in Massachusetts and their range is expanding eastward.

After nearly a decade of trying to learn details about polar bears’ denning habits in the Arctic, researchers have captured cubs emerging from dens on video for the first time. The footage was ...

According to the National Park Service, black bears can hibernate for up to six months, during which they do not need to eat, drink, or use the bathroom. They spend those months in a dozy ...