The orphaned cub was about two months old when he was found April 12 in Southern California's Los Padres National Forest — ...

Beyond their bear costumes, staff have also created two habitats for the cub - one inside and one enclosed outside - that ...

A Ramona Wildlife Center pygmy hippo that was rescued more than two decades ago broke a world record this weekend by becoming ...

Welch and her team at the San Diego Humane Society use costumed caregivers to rehabilitate an orphaned black bear cub in ...

They initially tried to reunite the cub with its mother by repeatedly releasing it in different places in the forest, but she ...

In Southern California, a team from the San Diego Humane Society is using costumed caregiving to nurture an orphaned bear cub ...

The rescue was considered "unusual" as the 2-month-old bruin was the youngest such bear the wildlife center had ever taken in ...

Officials at a Southern California wildlife center celebrated a significant milestone on May 25, as a pygmy hippo housed at ...

At a wildlife center in San Diego, caretakers of a black bear cub are using extraordinary measures to keep him from becoming reliant on humans, including donning masks and vintage fur coats.

An orphaned black bear cub in California is being cared for by biologists in fur coats and bear masks Autumn Welch dons a fur coat, leather gloves and a bear mask for work these days, then enters ...

When he arrived, the cub was “extremely fragile,” said Autumn Welch, wildlife operations manager at the center. “After going several days without nutrition, it was touch-and-go at first.” ...

The orphaned cub was about two months old when he was found April 12 in Southern California's Los Padres National Forest — weak, underweight and alone. Since then, the baby bear has been cared for by ...