Joanna Lynne Kelley. Photo by Jennifer Feitosa. Growing up in the woods of Santa Cruz, Joanna Lynne Kelley was constantly exposed to the beauty and diversity of nature. Surrounded by the variety of ...

Bears across Europe are competing, not for food or mates, but for who can sleep the longest. Inspired by March Madness, March Napness is an annual bracket-style tournament where hibernating bears ...

Visible in the entrance to their den are a mother black bear, who has been sedated, and her female cub. Scientists are watching to see how bears will tweak their hibernation habits as the climate ...

March 26 (UPI) --An international animal welfare group announced the start of March Napness, a March Madness-style bracket tournament tracking when bears at sanctuaries across Europe will wake from ...

Bears are a type of mammal that can be found in many parts of the world. From the tiny, silly-looking sun bear to the iconic polar bear, these animals are specially adapted to different environments, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Each spring, a grizzly bear emerges from its den after months of deep hibernation — having eaten nothing, barely moved and slowed its heart and metabolism to a crawl. Yet it wakes up ...

Every fall and winter, headlines are filled with stories about bears—attacks on humans, raids on garbage cans, and threats to household pets. The media often portrays bears as a serious problem, and ...

A handful of rescued bears in Europe are competing in March Napness, a bracket-style tournament to see what bear can stay in hibernation the... March Madness is underway. So is March Napness, the ...