The map at the right shows the 19 current polar bear subpopulations, with colored dots showing the location of other samples used in the analysis.

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...

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 ...

Millions of people across the U.S. will experience subzero or below-average temperatures in the coming days as a polar vortex ...

Arctic winds from a powerful polar vortex are sweeping across several ... According to the Windy weather map, temperatures ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around Earth chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator — a plush white *polar* bear. But given that the four-member Fram2 crew is ...