Members of the House Regulatory Reform Committee on Thursday gave their approval to an amendment of the state’s Large ...

Como Zoo has a cool new resident! Astra, the adorable polar bear, has arrived and will play a key role in the zoo’s breeding program, helping protect the species for the future. Overseen by Senior ...

ST. PAUL — Como Park Zoo & Conservatory has a new resident. Astra, a 4-year-old, 700-pound female polar bear, arrived Thursday night from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington.

Como Park Zoo & Conservatory has a new resident. Astra, a four-year-old, 700-pound female polar bear, arrived Thursday night from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. Upon arrival, the zoo ...

Taking its name from a 19th-century lunchtime history lesson, Michigan's Royal Oak, aka the "City of Trees," features great ...

On Wednesday evening, the newest resident of the Como Park Zoo arrived: a 4-year-old polar bear named Astra. Astra comes from the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Her move to the ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Time is running out to see two grizzly bears at the Henry Vilas Zoo. The zoo announced Thursday that females Ash and Lexi will move to another AZA-accredited institution later this ...

Vilas Zoo’s two female grizzly bears, Ash and Lexi, are moving on to another zoo later this month, as the zoo prepares to welcome a female polar bear from the Oregon Zoo and, ultimately, to add a male ...

In a violent Arctic game of tug-of-war, several polar bears in northern Canada had to fend off an overly eager—and outnumbered—black bear vying for a meal. And the entire ordeal was captured on video.

The zoo has not revealed when the cubs will be viewable by the public, but it could be by the end of October. The bears will live in the zoo's new Bear Ridge habitat after being orphaned in Montana.

TACOMA, Wash. — Point Defiance Zoo announced Monday that one of its polar bears, Astra, will be moving to a new zoo in October. Astra and her sister, Laerke, arrived at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium ...