The first day of the holy month of Ramazan brought much-awaited relief for a 7-year-old Asian bear who was kept in illegal captivity and used for baiting (fighting with trained dogs) in Punjab's city ...

Asian black bears cut down on their feeding time considerably during mating season to give them as much time as possible to engage in reproductive activities, new research shows. The study ...

Of those, one turned out to be from a dog. The other eight were from Asian bears — one from an Asian black bear, one from a Himalayan brown bear, and the other six from Tibetan brown bears. “Our ...

The Japanese Ministry of the Environment hopes to present the bill to parliament in the coming months and get it enacted before autumn, when bear sightings typically surge, said a ministry official, ...

The Japanese Yen retreats after touching a one-week high against its American counterpart. Rising bets for an imminent BoJ rate rise this year should limit any deeper losses for the JPY.

Rocky, with extensive injuries after being forced into 35 fights, was earlier confiscated by Punjab Wildlife authorities.