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 ...

After escaping twice from the St. Louis Zoo, a Houdini-like Andean bear named Ben will be moving to a Texas zoo, where staff hope a moat will keep him safely enclosed.

Muniri, an 8-year-old male Andean bear, is currently housed in the zoo’s old lion exhibit while the zoo’s new bear habitat and concessions lodge are being finished.

The 4-year-old Andean bear Ben, who twice escaped from his habitat at the St. Louis Zoo in February, will be transferred to his new home at the Gladys Porter ...

We thought Andean bears were mute. Then scientists heard them mating. Researchers have captured footage of these bears making a wide range of vocalizations during their most intimate moments—the ...

Ben, a 4-year-old Andean bear, had to be sedated after he previously escaped from the same outdoor habitat on Feb. 7.

Three, rare Andean bear cubs have made their big debut at the Queens Zoo, the first births of their kind in a year.

An Andean bear at the Saint Louis Zoo is back in his enclosure after escaping his habitat for a second time this month.

Brienne, an Andean bear at Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, gave birth to two cubs Nov. 15 in Washington, D.C.

Ben, an Andean bear at the St. Louis Zoo, made brief escapes from his enclosure on two separate occasions in February 2023.