A Pizzly Bear is the hybrid offspring of a polar bear and a grizzly bear. Technically, “Pizzly” isn’t the “official” name of these unique hybrids, but just one of the many possible terms.

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.

In modern times, the biggest bear on record was a polar bear taken in 1960. It weighed over 2,200 pounds and stood nearly 12 feet on its hind legs. From our Expert ...

Climate Change Could Lead to Increase in 'Pizzly' Bears, a Polar Bear and Grizzly Bear Hybrid. The mother bear lets the hare bounce away before continuing her trek with her cubs.

TORONTO -- A DNA test has confirmed what zoologists, hunters and aboriginal trackers in far northern Canada have dreamed of for years: the first documented case of a grizzly-polar bear ...

A sleeping polar bear and some sociable penguins are among the images shortlisted for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice award By Lianne Kolirin , CNN 2 min read ...

These bears are exactly what they sound like — a cross between a polar bear and a grizzly bear — and the first known hybrid was documented in 2006, when an Idaho hunter killed one in Canada.

Another polar bear, one of the three mascots for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, then flew as the zero-g indicator for Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio and JAXA ...

A polar bear carves out a bed from a small iceberg before drifting off to sleep in the far north, off Norway's Svalbard archipelago. Nima Sarikhani/Wildlife Photographer of the Year; ... Also featured ...