Several new requirements aimed at enhancing preservation efforts went into effect this year, including new rules regarding safe observation of polar bears. Here’s what it means for wildlife viewing in ...

Prehistoric sled dogs in the Siberian Arctic ate a mix of fish, reindeer and polar bear, according to a new analysis of 9,000-year-old turds. Recovered from the early Holocene site of Zhokhov in the ...

Forecasters say the region’s sea ice will dwindle to a strip above Greenland and Canada. There, polar bears and others will ...

When a guide and his client spot a big grizzly, they stalk it — only to discover it's trying to kill a young cub.

The Gobi bear is known as the “loneliest bear in the world,” as the bears are generally solitary. Gobi bears are only seen together during mating season or when a mother is raising her cub.

Polar bear cubs are typically born between November and January, deep within the safety of a snow den. The mother remains in the den without eating or drinking, wholly devoted to nursing and ...

Polar bear fur isn't really white -- it's transparent and covers up black skin. Here's why they look white when you see these majestic bears.

An arctic expedition in 2011 came to a tragic end when a polar bear attacked them, going down as the worst polar bear attack ever recorded.

Polar bears are struggling to keep up their roly-poly figures as climate change reshapes their landscape. Here’s why that’s so concerning.

Two tourists visiting Arctic Bay to document the effects of climate change and to photograph polar bears wound up in hot water with the locals.

A polar bear forced hotel guests on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen to take shelter. The animal chased a man across the parking lot and ate snacks.