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 afternoon ...

Beneath the Arctic Ocean's frozen surface, a predator unknown to most people holds the same ecological power as the polar ...

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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s 5-year-old polar bear, Laerke, is moving.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bear X33991 leading her two cubs along the ice. Researchers from Environment and Climate Change Canada and Polar Bears ...

CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) — Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to hold anyone he has to arrest. His eyes dart back ...

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 ...

A study in the journal Science Advances reveals how polar bears manage to get wet in the cold without their fur freezing. Polar bears spend their days jumping from ice into water. So if they get all ...

Three members of a family, including a child, were injured by a polar bear in a rare attack in the far north of Siberia, Russian officials said Monday. Local police "received a report of a polar bear ...