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

The cubs are about 10- to 11-months-old and are known as Cubs of the Year (COYS). According to Polar Bears International, ...

The footage of a bear caring for an adopted cub was captured during the annual polar bear migration along the Western Hudson ...

It's only the 13th known case of adoption out of the 4,600 bears studied for nearly five decades in northern Canada.

A team of Canadian researchers have documented a rare care of a female polar bear adopting an unrelated cub who was ...

A female polar bear in western Hudson Bay has adopted an orphaned cub, a rare event highlighting unexpected social behaviour ...

Researchers could not believe their eyes when they witnessed that a mother polar bear in northern Canada had adopted a cub ...

Researchers had tagged the five-year-old mother, also known as “bear X33991,” and her 10-to-11-month-old cub in the spring in ...

The footage of a female polar bear caring for an adopted cub was captured. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

A wild female polar bear was recently filmed with a cub that’s not her own: a notably rare behavior that’s been determined to ...

In a rare occurrence, researchers say a polar bear mom adopted a cub that wasn’t her own. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press ...