Spotting polar-grizzly bear hybrids in the wild can be tricky. This polar bear's darker face and body shape might lead some to think it's a hybrid, but only genetic testing can say for sure.

These bears are exactly what they sound like — a cross between a polar bear and a grizzly bear — and the first known hybrid was documented in 2006, when an Idaho hunter killed one in Canada.

An analyzation of the bear’s DNA revealed it was the offspring of a male grizzly and female polar bear. Martell’s hunt took place 90 miles north of Canada’s mainland. Inuit people living in Sachs ...

This polar-grizzly has taken the internet by storm! Scientists refer to them as either pizzly or grolar bears, I mean, how cute is that? Polar bears are well-known for relying heavily on sea ice ...

Nanulak bear. Polar and grizzly bears have been bred together in zoos, but in the wild they rarely cross paths. However, some grizzly bears have been seen venturing across the ice towards polar bear ...

Paleontologist Larisa DeSantis at Vanderbilt University said: 'The polar bear and grizzly bear shared a common ancestor 500,000 to 600,000 years ago, but then they diverged.

As polar bears are heading further south, warming temperatures are pushing grizzly bears further north, increasing the overlap between the two habitats. This closer contact increases the chances ...

The grolar bear, also known as the pizzly bear, is a hybrid animal that's the result of crossbreeding between a polar bear and a grizzly bear, two species typically separated by geography and habitat.

Genetically, polar bears and grizzly bears aren’t all that different. Scientists believe that polar bears split from grizzly bears between 250,000 and 130,000 years ago.

The grolar bear, also known as the pizzly bear, is a hybrid animal that's the result of crossbreeding between a polar bear and a grizzly bear, two species typically separated by geography and habitat.