Settling down on a bed of moss, the bear uses its huge claws to tear into the plant’s spiny, rosette-shaped leaves, grabbing ...

The Andean mountain cat is one of the rarest wild cats in the world. Most people have never heard its name, much less seen it. This small feline lives in the Andes Mountains of South America, mainly ...

Move over Xiao Qi Ji! Come spring time you will be able to visit with the two newest bear cubs at the Smithsonian National Zoo in D.C. These multi-colored bears are not pandas though. They are closely ...

WASHINGTON — A pair of unbearably cute Andean bear cubs have ventured out of their den to make a public debut at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C.

ST. LOUIS — He was 'bear'-ly able to escape. Around 8 a.m. Tuesday, Ben, an Andean bear, was discovered outside of his habitat at the Saint Louis Zoo. The zoo's animal emergency response protocol took ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Smithsonian's National Zoo in D.C. shared a berry-filled milestone for Andean bear cubs Ian and Sean on Thursday. In an update written by animal keeper Leigh Pitsko, the zoo ...

Chaska, a 15-year-old female Andean bear, will be moving from the Salisbury Zoo to the Alexandria Zoo in early May. Chaska has been at the Salisbury Zoo for 12 years and is the mother of four cubs. A ...

On particularly snowy days at the Racine Zoo, Diamond the Andean bear could be found sitting next to a snowman, one complete with a carrot nose. Diamond's primary caretaker, Amy Petersen, would often ...

Watch out, Xiao Qi Ji: There are two new baby bears in town. The National Zoo celebrated the birth of two Andean bear cubs on November 15, the zoo announced today. It is the first time in eight years ...

A new study looked at black-and-chestnut eagles’ (Spizaetus isidori) ability to survive in fragmented forests in the Andean regions of Colombia and Argentina. Researchers found that the eagles were ...