Indigenous residents of Churchill in Canada’s Manitoba province have coexisted with polar bears for thousands of years, emphasizing respect for the animals and staying out of their way. The ...

Since WCCO first visited Churchill in 1993, the polar bear population here has been cut in half, according to estimates shared by Polar Bears International.

In 1993, Don Shelby and a crew from WCCO embarked on a journey to Churchill, Manitoba in Canada. The trip was sparked by this curiosity: How do people and polar bears live side by side in the same ...

Cute baby polar bear cub crawls all over mom and showers her with love and affection in Canada, adorable video shows.

"Can I give you some polar bear advice?" asks Tee, a confident 13-year-old we meet during a visit to a high school in Churchill, Canada. "If there's a bear this close to you," she says as she ...

A man in Canada has been hospitalized after trying to save his wife from an attacking polar bear.

It’s the beginning of polar bear season in Churchill, a tiny town in Canada. Keeping tourists safe from hungry and sometimes fierce bears is an essential job.

Climate change has brought the Arctic predators into closer contact with humans – tourists and residents – in the town of Churchill, Canada.

Tools such as bear spray and ‘bear-dar’ deployed to help communities as climate change brings more contact with world’s largest land carnivores.