Detroit, Toledo zoos exchange male polar bears as part of breeding effort
The Detroit Zoo and the Toledo Zoo have exchanged the care of two polar bears as part of an effort to support breeding populations among zoo habitats.
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The Detroit Zoo and the Toledo Zoo have exchanged the care of two polar bears as part of an effort to support breeding populations among zoo habitats.
A female polar bear will be transferred to the Detroit Zoo as part of a species breeding recommendation.
As sea ice continues to vanish amid rising global temperatures, the photographer of the powerful moment said he hopes it "inspires hope": "There is still time to fix the mess we have caused."
Rampant avian flu that has impacted millions of birds in the U.S. has now killed a polar bear for the first time ever recorded.
Two polar bear twins have been reunited after being separated at birth due to one having a medical emergency.
The oldest polar bear in human care has died at the age of 33, Kansas City Zoo officials announced.
Since the 1980s, the number of bears in Canada's Western Hudson Bay region has fallen by nearly 50% as the Arctic sea ice essential to their survival disappears.
