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. The bear was killed Thursday ...

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

The bear retreated to the woods, where it was found dead from its injuries. Couple survives terrifying polar bear attack after desperate struggle: 'Fight as long as you can' first appeared on The ...

Genetic studies show there’s still a lot to learn about cross-species mating in the Arctic. Spotting polar-grizzly bear hybrids in the wild can be tricky. This polar bear's darker face and body ...

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.

Long-term possibilities could include distributing polar bear kibble, but Dr. Derocher said that it wasn’t possible to sustain a subpopulation that way indefinitely.

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum –or hair grease–on their fur ...

Video footage from the Arctic town of Pyramiden on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard shows the polar bear charging at a man who fired at him.

“When polar bears are on land, they act like other bears and become omnivores,” says Pagano. “It does raise the potential for human-bear interactions.” ...

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay.

A polar bear mauled a mother and her 1-year-old son to death as they were leaving a school in Alaska. Tests indicate that the bear was in poor health but it is unclear as to why.

According to a study, for the first time, scientists can measure the impact that greenhouse gas emissions have on polar bear cub survival.