Polar bears face one of the toughest survival challenges in their history as the Arctic warms far faster than the rest of the world, shrinking the sea ice they rely on to hunt, rest, and travel. As ...

The Polar Bear Capital of the World sounds like a prime spot to observe the animals, and researchers who did just that came away with a stark warning. A team from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova ...

Polar bear encounters with people are rare, but they can happen to people who live in, work in, or visit the Arctic. Here's how to stay safe.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Some polar bears in the Arctic are shedding pounds during the time they should be beefing up, a new study shows. It's the climate change diet and scientists said it's not good ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear. The predator bolted but soon slumped into the ...

A polar bear near Kaktovik, Alaska. New research reveals how polar bears keep ice off their fur. Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a ...

According to a study cited by BBC and EarthSky, polar bears are undergoing changes in their DNA that could help them adapt to ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - How do they do it? How do polar bears have such an incredibly high fat diet and get so fat - munching as they do on blubbery seals - without clogging their arteries and becoming ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Scientists have been tracking polar bear populations for years. Three years ago, Canadian scientists attached GoPro cameras to the GPS tracking collars of 20 polar bears. In ...

A mother polar bear has made the decision to adopt - a move that scientists say is extremely rare - and the new family was ...

Little One was born at the Cleveland Zoo in 1989. The second oldest male polar bear in the United States has died after outliving the median life expectancy for the species by more than 10 years. The ...