Pizzly bears aren’t being born en masse, said Charlotte Lindqvist, a biology professor at the University of Buffalo whose lab focuses on evolutionary genetics.

One of the most fascinating developments is the emergence of a new type of bear: the so-called pizzly bear or grolar bear, a hybrid of, you guessed it: polar and grizzly bears.

A Pizzly Bear is the hybrid offspring of a polar bear and a grizzly bear. Technically, “Pizzly” isn’t the “official” name of these unique hybrids, but just one of the many possible terms.

A pizzly was first discovered in the wild in 2006, when a hunter in Canada's far north killed a bear with white fur and brown patches as well as the humped back and long claws characteristic of a ...

Wild sightings of hybrid pizzly bears began in 2006, when a hunter shot what he thought was a polar bear in the Northwest Territories of the Canadian Arctic.

So-called “pizzly” bears were first spotted in the wild in 2006. The bears are “more resilient to climate change and better-suited for warmer temperatures,” paleontologist Larisa DeSantis said ...

Pizzly Bears are nature’s solution to climate change’s devastating outcomes. Arterra/Universal Images Group v. This perhaps marks an evolutionary 180 from when polar bears and grizzlies ...

Pizzly bears aren’t being born en masse, said Charlotte Lindqvist, a biology professor at the University of Buffalo whose lab focuses on evolutionary genetics.

(NEXSTAR) – A new breed of hybrid polar and grizzly bear has been seen stalking the arctic, and experts say the new species arose due to the effects of climate change. So-called “pizzly ...