Churchill, often referred to as the “Polar Bear Capital,” becomes a staging ground each fall for hundreds of polar bears ...

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.

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

Climate change putting Hudson Bay polar bears at risk, study finds 03:58. A man suffered severe injuries early Tuesday after being attacked by a polar bear in Canada, according to police.

Despite the name, Bruno was a female bear that lived somewhere between 100,000 and 70,000 years ago and its genome has helped scientists narrow in on this brown bear-polar bear divergence.

Polar bears in the southern Hudson Bay could go extinct as early as the 2030s because the sea ice that helps them hunt for food is thinning, a new study suggests.

Polar bears walk across sea ice for miles, searching for cracks and holes in the surface through which they can hunt their ringed seal prey. But a new study has found that, in some areas, the ice ...

A female polar bear sits on rocks, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) CHURCHILL, Manitoba — Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of ...

Polar animals as inspiration. Polar bears have a thick layer of fat below two layers of fur that help trap their internal body heat. According to Polar Bears International, these layers keep them ...

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. Photograph By Steven J. Kazlowski / Alamy. By Kristen Pope.