An Andean bear at the Saint Louis Zoo is back in his enclosure after escaping his habitat for a second time this month. The bear, named Ben, broke out of his outdoor habitat Thursday afternoon ...

The St. Louis Zoo’s Andean bear habitat met all standards set by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums and the Untied States Department of Agriculture at the time of its 2014 opening, the zoo said.

The Andean bear is the only bear found in South America and is considered vulnerable due to habitat loss and poaching threats. There are approximately 30 Andean bears in the SSP population, ...

She has joined 20-year-old Cayambe in the zoo’s new Andean bear habitat. Nuna’s name means soul, or spirit, in the language spoken by the indigenous Quechua people of the Peruvian Andes, ...

Ben, an Andean bear who briefly escaped his enclosure at the St. Louis Zoo on two occasions in February 2023, is moving to the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas that has a habitat with a ...

The Andean bear habitat will be revealed to the public at a grand opening celebration at 11 a.m. on May 20. The zoo will have cake and refreshments as well as special presentations on Andean bears ...

The Andean bear is also known as the spectacled bear because of the rings of light or white fur around the eyes, which often look like glasses when set against the bear’s dark fur. While it’s ...

Meet Muniri, the Andean bear. Right now, he is the only bear of this species at the zoo. In fact, there are only about 60 of them left in the United States.