Khali the National Zoo's sloth bear gave birth to three cubs in December. It would have been a joyous occasion, had Khali not immediately eaten one cub and then, a week later, consumed another.

The Toronto Zoo is home to a young polar bear who, earlier this year, took his first steps and played in the snow for the first time. But now the cute cub officially has a name, which the four-month-old revealed to the world earlier today.

What is with panda bears falling on their faces? Earlier this week, Da Mao, a giant panda bear at the Toronto Zoo, tried to walk through a snowstorm. It didn't go so well, and he ended up falling off a giant rock onto his face. Stupid bear.

Remember the baby polar bear at the Toronto Zoo taking his first steps? Well, here he is playing in real snow for the first time. Great job, bear. Not surprisingly, he seems to like it a lot more than Sophie the cat.

Trying to top his 2012 Christmas gift (an engagement ring), Vas Alli decided to replace his fiancée's childhood bear, "Whitey," which had long ago lost his stuffing and been packed away. But that turned out to be more of a challenge than he expected.

The drought currently squeezing Southern California into a bone dry pile of dust also comes with a few unfortunate side effects like browned lawns, dangerous fire conditions, oh, and bears.

This is a polar bear cub taking his first steps at the Toronto Zoo. Good job, bear. Also, this video definitively proves that baby polar bears are better at walking than baby panda bears. For the best bear stories from 2013, click here.

On Monday, Bao Bao, the National Zoo's new panda cub, made her debut for the Washington DC media. As you can see, it didn't go well. But the five-month-old cub has some time to practice: She won't appear in public until later this month.

Bears! Sure, 2013 is technically the Year of the Deer, but what would the past 12 months have been without Gawker.com's groundbreaking bear coverage? Answer: Not much. So as Gawker Media's premier source for all news bear-related, we're proud to present: The Year in Bears, 2013 Edition.

An aging shepherd who was confronted by a bear while walking through a raspberry field near his home lived to tell his tale despite being thrown off a cliff by the animal after the two came to blows.

On Monday night, a bear walked into an Alaskan bar. The bartender didn't want the bear in the bar, and told the bear to leave: "No bear! Get out! No! You can't be in here!" The bear agreed and left.

Attention, Nation! Grizzly bears have been attacking hikers in Yellowstone, probably because they are mindless killing machines.

It's been a crazy couple of weeks, bear-wise.

Our favorite of these fantastic Alaskan brown bears in this live feed just caught a salmon after waiting all day. He has wandered out of this frame, but don't worry—there are still four other bears and some rando seagulls waiting for their meals.

Following a recent bear sighting in Cranston, Rhode Island, reporter Julie Tremmel of the local NBC affiliate WJAR decided to help residents brush up on bear safety with a video demonstrating what one ought to do should they come across an ursine intruder.

On Saturday, Jesus Mabalot, a 38-year-old resident of Anchorage, Alaska, went to his church's picnic at a state park campground. While there, he presumably mingled and talked with his fellow churchgoers. He reportedly drank throughout the afternoon, and, at some point, stuffed his backpack with BBQ. Then he split off from the group and biked down a nearby road, where he encountered a black bear.

Bear the bear thought that, maybe, in New Jersey, he would finally make a friend. On Monday morning, he ended up in Montclair, not a bad little town, with its own art museum and a Whole Foods and big green backyards, perfect for a bear and his friends to play in. Scared and alone—his first time in New Jersey’s 60th-most-populous municipality—he began lumbering around, hoping that a friend would find him.

The saddest thing is a baby polar bear in Alaska waiting and waiting for his mom to come home, but the mom never comes home because a hunter killed her, for sport. And this will always be the saddest children's story, because now the lonesome motherless bear is condemned to live forever in a zoo, in Buffalo.

Twenty-seven New Hampshire bear cub orphans are having the slumber party of their lives this winter, because they have decided not to go to sleep.

Bears breaking into places and behaving like adorable gluttons is totally a thing now. First, the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory incident, and now a Norwegian bear party.