A dramatic video captured a man fleeing a charging polar bear in Norway after dropping his gun and hopping onto a snowmobile. The incident reportedly unfolded in Pyramiden – an Arctic town in th ...

To protect their homes from wandering bears, one Canadian town, Churchill in Manitoba, built a “polar bear jail.” As their icy habitats melt, they are forced to find new ways to survive. This results ...

Welcome to the Top 3 Places to See Polar Bears in the Wild. Polar bears have a considerable cultural significance to the Inuit people of Northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland, and even taught the ...

Louise Archer receives funding from Polar Bears International. She is affiliated with University of Toronto Scarborough and Polar Bears International. This study was performed in collaboration ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, Feb. 1, marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. The fundraising event, in which individuals pledge $100 or more ...

Polar bears are struggling to survive as sea ice dwindles. Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay ...

The phrase "you're on thin ice" is usually used when trying to alert someone about their risky behavior, but for one polar bear, it was a literal warning about the sheet of ultra-thin ice that was the ...

Kodiak bears are much larger than polar bears on average, though some extremely large polar bears have proven this fact incorrect. Appearance White, thick fur with large front paws for swimming; ...

In reality, hibernation is much more complex than that. Are polar bears on that list? They don't take a long winter's nap the way you may think. Polar bears are not "true hibernators," Polar Bears ...

Polar bear equipped with camera collar reveals details of life in the melting Arctic 04:34. Polar bears, unable to thrive on land in Canada's Hudson Bay, are facing greater risk of starvation as ...

The Canadian town of Churchill has already had more than four times as many polar bear visitors this year compared with the same time last year, and many more could soon be on the way.

Melting ice is forcing polar bears on land. Polar bear patrols can help As climate change warms up the planet, polar bears are pushed closer to human habitats, leading to dangerous interactions.