This is where the bear safety rhyme has some merit. If a black bear attacks you, fight back. Don't play dead ... Unlike brown and black bears, polar bears rarely bluff charge.

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 ...

Wildlife is abundant in this remote and fragile area, and we were looking for seals and polar bears. NGM Maps When ... I started playing with the crazy idea of rescuing the camera.

(Marc Lester / ADN) It looks to visitors like the two polar bears are longtime best pals. They swim and play together. They sometimes rest alongside one another. They bound toward each other in ...

The southern and western subpopulations are on track to disappear as sea ice becomes too thin amid rising global temperatures Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent The two Hudson Bay polar bear groups ...

A family of polar and grizzly bear hybrids, or grolars, in Canada's western Arctic — which all started with a "pretty strange ...

Polar bears have a strong cultural significance for Arctic people, and beyond, polar bears are top predators in their food web. Which means they play a vital role in the balance of their ecosystem. By ...

By Austyn Gaffney Polar bears in the southern Hudson Bay could go extinct as early as the 2030s because the sea ice that helps them hunt for food is thinning, a new study suggests. “We’ve ...

Hungry polar bears are turning to rubbish dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears. On Wednesday, a team of Canadian and US scientists warned that trash poses an emerging ...

A first-of-its-kind study published last week on grizzly-polar bear hybrids shows the population remains extremely rare, ...

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 ...