Polar bears are the largest land carnivores on Earth, capable of weighing over 1,300 pounds and standing more than 10 feet tall on their hind legs . Unlike many predators that avoid humans, hungry ...

Polar bears are showing up near Arctic communities more often, and headlines suggesting they are “hunting humans” have spread quickly across social media. The reality is far less dramatic but still ...

Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. Between 2011 and 2021, research colleagues and I ...

Findings suggest that sea ice loss probably doesn't lead to more interactions with people just because polar bears are thinner or hungrier.

Sometimes you come across a photo of a bear sitting upright near a lake or on a mountain ridge, just staring out over the landscape. For a moment, it looks almost human, like someone who stopped ...