ARCTUROS

Conservationists in northern Greece are taking care of three orphaned bear cubs -- two males and one female -- that were found in Bulgaria. Arcturos workers are nursing the animals back to health and will rehabilitate them to Bulgaria next...

An orphaned bear cub found wandering alone in northern Greece has been taken in and cared for by the wildlife protection organization Arcturos. Rescuers named the cub 'Luigi' after the Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus because the bear likes...

Efforts to protect Greece's brown bears are starting to pay off, according to a study by the conservation group Arcturos this week. It claims the country's bear population has made a slight recovery and is both numerically and genetically more...

Spring is in the air and the waking of bears as they come out of their hibernation is a sign of the change of seasons at the Arcturos wildlife sanctuary in Nymfaio, northern Greece. As the snow starts to thaw,...

The brown bear conservation group "Arcturos" on Friday announced that it had successfully rescued a bear caught in an illegal snare that was set for wild boars. The bear was spotted deep inside the forest of North Pindos National Park...

The oldest bear in Greece has died in the wildlife refuge of the Greek environmental organization Arcturos in northern Greece. The organization announced that 'Mitsos', died of natural causes at the age of 29. Bears in the wild rarely live...

A young brown bear was killed when she was hit by a vehicle on the road between Kolokynthos and Mesopotamia near Kastoria, in north-western Greece. According to the environmental organization Arcturos, the accident may have happened during Wednesday night. The animal...

Two young wild bears took a stroll at Kastoria center after midnight on Monday, alarming the residents of the northern Greek city. Nikos Panagiotopoulos, member of brown bear protection group Arcturos and Environmental Protection Society of Kastoria, told AMNA news...

An orphan brown bear cub, named Zoe, has shown bravery and won the battle for her life. Little Zoe, which was found last April wandering alone near the village of Avghi in northwestern Greece, will soon be transferred to a large fenced forest area.  The...

  On Tuesday, animal rights activists found a female brown bear and her cub shot, in a wooded area in Kastoria near the Greek-Albanian border. Arcturos the northern Greece-based bear conservation group, was informed by police after the discovery of the...