The vision of a polar bear plucking a vulnerable seal off an ice floe is something familiar to wildlife documentary fanatics. Earlier this winter, though, an image of an emaciated polar bear went ...

"She understood the danger." While polar bears are not native to Iceland, they occasionally drift ashore on ice floes from Greenland, explained Anna Sveinsdottir, director of scientific ...

Polar bears have been exposed to more viruses, bacteria and parasites in recent decades, a new study shows, possibly acquiring the germs in their diet.

Some polar bears living in the far north are turning up with ice-related injuries that, in some cases, seriously affect their ...

The study indicates the injuries appear to be an 'unexpected consequence of climate change' as conditions continue to change ...

"Showing how imminent the threat is for different polar bear populations is another reminder that we must act now to head off the worst of future problems faced by us all," said Dr Amstrup.

Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present.

As Arctic sea ice disappears, polar bears will likely starve As Arctic sea ice disappears, polar bears will likely starve What it’s like to live through ‘polar night’ What it’s like to ...

(A polar bear's tail is slight and held close to the body.) You can add snow drifts, water features, and evergreen trees to ...

The Canadian town of Churchill has already had more than four times as many polar bear visitors this year compared with the same time last year, and many more could soon be on the way. The sisters ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the ... Finally, in 2008, our work paid off when the bears were protected as threatened under the Act. In 2010, our work spurred the U.S. Fish ...