Billie Jean, a 17-year-old spectacled bear, arrived on Monday from the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Billie Jean helped raise many cubs that will be critical to the species' survival in the wild.

The salamander’s already small populations are quickly declining, the center said in a press release. Survey results indicate, for example, that the population found in Mead's Quarry Cave has ...

The number of spectacled bears in Peru might be larger than suspected, a new study suggests. A team of researchers studied the population of the endangered species in Northern Peru. By identifying ...

A spectacled bear was born in a rescue center built by a Peruvian farming community that has protected these animals for more than two decades. The bear cub, which does not yet have a name, was ...

High in the cloud forests of South America lives a rare and mysterious creature - the spectacled bear. In this video, we explore how this unique species survives in the rugged Andes, what sets it ...