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 ...

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

This bear cub's parents are a large plush bear and a human in a bear costume. Hey, it's no biggie – they're just another ...

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

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

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

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.

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

Officials at the San Diego Humane Society's Ramona Wildlife Center are celebrating a historic milestone Sunday, as their ...

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.” ...