Neil the Polar Bear is not sick. He’s just showing his age. At 29, Neil — believed to be the oldest living male polar bear under human care in North America — is happy and healthy as he enters his ...

The bear came to Point Defiance as a cub with her sister and habitat-mate, Astra, from the Detroit Zoo two years ago. Twins are common in polar bears, and in the wild, typically only one will ...

"This would have been a death verdict for the cub." The zoo confirmed earlier this week that its other female polar bear, Vilma, had eaten her two offspring. The zoo said it feared Vera would do ...