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Louisville Zoo officials said that polar bears Bo and Qannik are showing promising signs ahead of the breeding season. Bo, 6, arrived at the Louisville Zoo last year as a breeding partner for Qannik.

He’s never shown behavior like this towards a female before.” Carter said both polar bears lived together during the breeding season from March through October of last year. “When bears and ...

During the summer bears spend more than 70 percent of their time near salmon streams and also graze on upland berry patches. BREEDING: Female brown bears reach sexual maturity at 3.5 to seven years of ...