In a rare encounter, a polar bear was spotted near a remote cottage in Iceland-a sighting that quickly turned dangerous.

Study reveals dramatic increases since the late 1980s, signaling potential future stress for bears already coping with a ...

These amazing images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show the Arctic animals at their fierce but adorable best ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...

A father died protecting his children in a rare polar bear attack in Canada's northernmost territory of Nunavut. Aaron Gibbons, 31, was on Sentry Island, a popular fishing and hunting spot on the ...

Related: Bleak photo of polar bear with plastic in its jaws in the remote Arctic shows pollution's 'pervasive grip' "The chunks of ice weren't just caught up in the hair," Laidre said.

The buzz of excitement at Berlin Zoo was abruptly interrupted by cries of panic and a loud splash as something dropped into the moat within the polar bear enclosure. To the shock of onlookers ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

While you may not notice it unless you are looking at a polar bear and Kodiak bear side by side, there are some key ...

Rode and her colleagues looked to polar bear immune systems for crucial insights. The Chukchi Sea polar bear population was a perfect fit. These bears, native to the waters between Alaska and ...

That is when he became known around the organization as Polar Bear. According to Alonso, the nickname came from former Mets teammate Todd Frazier back in 2019 (via New York Post): “In Spring ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...