A new optical illusion featuring a polar bear in a snowy landscape has been making the rounds online, with only 1% of people ...

Polar bear equipped with camera collar reveals details of life in the melting Arctic 04:34. A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police ...

Polar bears are one of the most majestic, yet fearsome animals on the planet. The largest living species of bear and the largest land carnivore, the polar bear is closely related to the brown bear.

Polar bears walk across sea ice for miles, searching for cracks and holes in the surface through which they can hunt their ringed seal prey. But a new study has found that, in some areas, the ice ...

A man was caught on camera managing to outrun a polar bear on a snowmobile after the animal chased after him in the Arctic Circle; The person made it to the vehicle and sped away, as the animal ...

Washing polar bear fur removed its ice resistance, suggesting that the oily coating on the hairs is the key to its properties. This substance, known as sebum, is secreted by glands connected to ...

Sea ice is crucial to polar bear survival because they use it to hunt their main source of food -- seals. Polar bears also use the ice as a platform to catch the seals, Archer said.

The polar bear species is declining because of disappearing Arctic sea ice. In 2021, scientists in Norway found polar bears were inbreeding as the species fights to survive. A study found that on ...

A female polar bear sits on rocks, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Churchill, Manitoba. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel) CHURCHILL, Manitoba — Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of ...

A young polar bear drops a nest box in an attempt to get black guillemot chicks on Aug. 12, 2024 on Cooper Island in the Arctic Ocean about 25 miles east of Utqiagvik, while its mother rests nearby.