When recruits were punched and tackled during a role-playing exercise at the Texas game wardens academy last year, they were taking part in a longstanding police training tradition that critics say ...

D.C.'s giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao enjoyed a long-awaited snow day over the weekend. Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute shared Panda Cam footage of the bears' day ...

The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

Already in Week 13, high-profile teams made statements about what they are and will be this season. Some good, some bad. The Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens might not be the ...

A surging Chicago Bears team visits the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 12 of the NFL season. Winners of three straight, the Bears look like they're starting to gel under new head coach Ben Johnson. The ...

As if having all three of their top linebackers unavailable for Week 12’s game wasn’t bad enough, the Chicago Bears have announced more devastating news with less than 24 hours to go until they kick ...

Eric Bieniemy was wiped out by a Minnesota Vikings player while standing on the sideline on Sunday. Bieniemy, now a running backs coach with the Chicago Bears on the back of a gig in the NCAA, has ...

It's not exactly the second coming of Buddy Ryan's '85 Bears, but Dennis Allen's defense is getting after J.J. McCarthy pretty good today at U.S. Bank Stadium. Much like they did back in Week 1, the ...

The Bears just went over the top by winning for the sixth time in seven games, according to one way of looking at it. Now at 6-3 after their win over the Giants, the odds favor the Bears making the ...

Separate bear attacks in Japan killed one and injured four on Friday, officials said, days after the government vowed to toughen measures because of a record year of deadly assaults by the animals.

Officials at Sequoia Park Zoo have no idea how the young bear got into the zoo and went “nose-to-nose” with the three bears there. By Christine Hauser There have been plenty of children’s stories ...