Polar bears are the largest land predators on Earth, perfectly adapted to survive in one of the harshest environments on the planet. Discover what really happens when these powerful hunters encounter ...

Human bones and artifacts from the largest whalers’ graveyard in the archipelago are at risk of disintegrating.

Not content with just one victim, the bear then started backing away from the seal. This strategy is thought to be an attempt ...

Arctic royalty gets a surprise challenger In popular culture and nature documentaries, the polar bear has always stood as the ...

The Psyche spacecraft flew by Mars earlier this year on its way to a metal-rich asteroid, capturing the images along the way ...

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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. As the Arctic climate warms, some polar bears ...

Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left behind by hunters and to ...

WASHINGTON — Some polar bears and their cubs already in danger of extinction could be legally killed by private oil-drilling projects in northern Alaska, according to proposed new regulations. The ...

Polar bear encounters with humans are a regular concern for scientists and communities near polar bear habitats, but new research is showing the bears' reasons for coming in contact with humans might ...

The world’s polar bear population has been in decline for a while, due to climate change. But some bears at the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison could be doing their part to reverse that trend — with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Pepsi has unveiled its Super Bowl LX campaign, "The Choice," featuring a polar bear who chooses Pepsi ...