Melting sea ice causes polar bears to lose their traditional hunting grounds. You'd be surprised at the lengths they go to ...

This handout photo shows a polar bear that was shot by the police after being considered a threat to people nearby, authorities said, in Westfjords, Iceland, Thursday Sept. 19, 2024.

A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday.

It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear -- one of the most dangerous predators on the ...

"A healthy polar bear that's out on the sea ice is not going to have a lot of incentive to attack a human being," said McCall to CBC News. McCall told the CBC that climate change leads to ...

Visitors eager to see polar bears saved the town from shrinking out of existence when a military base closed in the 1970s, dropping the population from a few thousand to about 870.

Spotting polar-grizzly bear hybrids in the wild can be tricky. This polar bear's darker face and body shape might lead some to think it's a hybrid, but only genetic testing can say for sure.

White fur, blubbery skin, sharp claws. Polar bears seem perfectly adapted to their frigid habitat up north. Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation ...