With their thick black fur, stocky bodies and long whiskers, binturongs look like a hybrid between a bear and a cat, earning them the nickname "bearcat." But these mammals aren't just notable for ...

(CBS DETROIT/CNN) - The Potter Park Zoo in Lansing welcomed three baby bintlets on the Fourth of July, which is the first binturong birth at the zoo in over two decades. Officials with the zoo say ...

Educators at the Memphis Zoo introduce students to a binturong and owls. At the Memphis Zoo, Max Borge and Nikki Odorisio introduce students to a binturong. With Liz Harrell, students meet some owls.

The Louisville Zoo has a new animal, and it's the first of its species to ever call the zoo home. Officials at the Louisville Zoo introduced Bianca, a 1-year-old female binturong — otherwise known as ...

It has been said that the binturong is part bear, part cat, and has a monkey’s tail. Indeed, it does seem a bit like a composite animal, with parts gathered from here and there. But truly, it is in a ...

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - It has a musky odor that kind of smells like popcorn. It's the binturong and this was the animal featured on Friday’s Zoo Day segment. Watch the above video as Susan Patch from the ...

The Erie Zoo's new resident is a binturong (also known as a bearcat) named Sheba, arriving from the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. Sheba's new habitat offers both indoor and outdoor spaces, allowing her ...

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. - The Minnesota Zoo is celebrating the birth of a binturong, the zoo's first in 35 years. The zoo says the cub was born February 12 and is doing well. The cub, also known as a ...

A binturong at the National Zoo, bit two employees, sending both to the hospital out of an abundance of caution The mammal was in the midst of a weight check and routine training session when it bit ...