The rare event marks the 13th known instance of adoption within this well-studied group of polar bears living in the western Hudson Bay area ...

A mother polar bear has made the decision to adopt - a move that scientists say is extremely rare - and the new family was caught on video.

A photographer in Manitoba captured a rare sight on camera while tracking polar bears in November: a mother bear walking with a cub that was not biologically hers. Dave Sandford spotted this unique ...

Researchers in northern Canada have observed a rare case of polar bear adoption, capturing video footage of a wild female bear caring for a cub that was not her own. "Cub adoption is relatively rare ...

Bear X33991 leading her two cubs along the ice. Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill (Wildlife Photographer, Guide, and Polar Bears International Photo Ambassador) Get the Popular Science daily ...

It's a beautiful story out of the arctic to end your year on a good note. A polar bear mom took on a second (presumably ...

When scientists in Canada came across a female polar bear with two cubs in the fall, they made an unusual discovery: One of the young was not her own offspring but instead a rare documented example of ...

In the remote, icy expanse of the Arctic, the survival of a species begins with a remarkable act of resilience and devotion. The journey of a polar bear mother, from conception to raising cubs in one ...

"It's just nice to know that the bears are looking out for each other," said Evan Richardson, one of the researchers A mother polar bear in Northern Canada appears to have "adopted" a cub that is not ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- What does a polar bear dream about? You'll have to be the judge, but the folks at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium say the little 5-week-old baby polar bear at their facility is making ...

CHICAGO, IL -- Love is in the air at Brookfield Zoo...sort of. The zoo is hoping their two polar bears, Hudson and Nan, will decide they're meant for each other and that polar bear cubs are on the way ...