Grizzly/polar-bear hybrids pop up every now and then where the two bear species’ ranges overlap—and because of a warming Arctic, these ranges are overlapping more and more.

When polar bears and grizzly bears mate, the hybrid is called a pizzly bear, or a grolar bear. Pizzlies are becoming more common in the Arctic and the climate crisis is likely playing a role.

Polar bear and grizzly habitat overlaps in the western Canadian Arctic around the Beaufort Sea. Grizzlies are known to occasionally to go out on the ice in the spring to feed on seals killed by ...

All hybrids identified in the study are "grolar bears," suggesting all eight hybrids descended from one single female polar ...

The park service says that when a bear bluff charges, it will usually have its head and ears up and forward, it will puff itself to look bigger, and bound on its front paws toward you, moving in big ...

A grizzly bear rests on a rock. They are capable of mating with polar bears to produce pizzlies, AFP Contributor/Getty Images. "Usually hybrids aren't better suited to their environments than ...

Spotting polar-grizzly bear hybrids in the wild can be tricky. This polar bear's darker face and body shape might lead some to think it's a hybrid, but only genetic testing can say for sure.

Polar bear equipped with camera collar reveals details of life in the melting Arctic 04:34. Polar bears, unable to thrive on land in Canada's Hudson Bay, are facing greater risk of starvation as ...

Gordon Stenhouse is one of the bear experts who has collaborated with Polar Bears International on its coexistence program. He's a grizzly bear biologist, research scientist and consultant based ...