Bird flu is spreading from pole to pole. Here’s why it matters. As Arctic sea ice disappears, polar bears will likely starve As Arctic sea ice disappears, polar bears will likely starve ...

it's not every day that you get to see polar bear cubs, either. Without a trip to Alaska on the agenda, that means most of us are relying on zoos and outlets like National Geographic to get our ...

Polar bears are the largest land carnivores, living in the Arctic. They rely on sea ice to hunt. Tap to read more about Polar bears. Polar bears rely heavily on Arctic sea ice for hunting seals.

At the start of this century, the polar bear was the emblem of climate apocalypse. Protesters dressed as polar bears, while Al Gore’s hit 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth” showed us a sad ...

A team of molecular ecologists at the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark, has found that polar bears developed unique features that allowed them to survive in a harsh, cold environment just ...

A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday ...

Scientists are piecing together when polar bears (Ursus maritimus) may have evolved some of the genes that separate them from brown bears (Ursus arctos). New genomic analysis reveals that they may ...

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada's massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that's on a low fat, low ice diet because of ...

The town turned to tourism, luring people eager to see its plentiful polar bears. Leaders figured out ... "So that's what I teach my kids. You know it's nice to know the history and all the ...

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 ...

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps ... according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. While Arctic sea ice hit its fourth lowest extent on ...