A wild polar bear living on Spitsbergen — the largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, an Arctic area between Norway and the North Pole — did not survive its recent encounter with humans ...

It’s no surprise that the polar bear has become an icon of climate change, since it’s a living example of what happens when rising temperatures begin to destroy an ecosystem. The problem is ...

Polar bears, the largest living bear species, are considered threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The animals primarily feed on seals, but global warming has contributed to a loss of ...

Until recently, scientists had identified 19 known subpopulations of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) living in the Arctic Circle. One of those populations spans a 1,988-mile (3,200 kilometers ...

A secret population of polar bears in Greenland has been discovered in a seemingly impossible habitat — one that, for most of the year, lacks the floating platforms of sea ice the beasts use to ...

There have been some interesting visitors in the Labrador Straits area this week: a polar bear, and a parade of people hoping to catch a glimpse of the bear. Photos and even drone video of the ...

Tahtsa (pronounced TOTsa) was the oldest living polar bear known to scientists either in captivity or in the wild. Polar bears may live into their early to mid-twenties.

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Laser technology used to map polar bear den habitat Yereth Rosen, Alaska Dispatch News Posted: Friday, December 20, 2013 at 14:17 0 Comments.

Google Maps “My partner was shovelling and Boris went on the run because, well, he doesn’t stand for anything on our land, not even a crow,” Bonneville told Radio-Canada. “It looked at the dog, it ...

The polar vortex could bring life-threatening weather conditions to some of the worst-hit areas, as well as record-breaking low temperatures. For many Americans, next week will be yet another cold ...