The picnic is part of a “big bear celebration” for the entirety of March in an effort to raise funds for ‘Free the Bears’, an ...

A grizzly old time is being had at the Ohio zoo as staff tend to a newborn sloth bear and drum up help for what to name her.

Among Aurora's other cubs were Nora, born Nov. 6, 2015, the zoo's first cub in 27 years to survive, as well as Neva and Nuniq, the only polar bear cubs born in a North American zoo in 2016.

The Malayan sun bear was chosen as the official mascot for VMY2026 in January this year, with the introduction of mascots Wira and Manja aimed at promoting wildlife conservation.