It then states estimates in 2005 were 20,000 to 25,000 and then grew to between 22,000 and 31,000 in 2015. However, the claim that polar bear numbers have increased since the 1950s rests on thin ice, ...

Some claim that polar bears are the only animals that hunt humans, but is this true? What would you do if you encountered a ...

A polar bear has a moment in the Arctic winter sun ... she (and the other reindeer-hunting polar bears we have seen) appear fitter; enabling them to run at speeds of up to 8 m/s for an average ...

Having abandoned the island in 1992, the human population of this extremely remote island was soon replaced by a pack of ...

Pregnant polar bear females usually enter the den in late autumn and remain there throughout the winter. They don't eat ...

Polar bears interacted with humans during the Neoglacial period, about 4,700 to 2,500 years ago. Scientists uncover ...

By Abhishyant Kidangoor To a layperson, it’s footage of adorable polar bear cubs with their moms against the backdrop of ...

Many bear species don't hibernate at all. Sun bears, panda bears, sloth bears and spectacled bears live in environments where ...

Today, the island harbours the greatest concentration of polar bears on the planet ... Adult walruses are too dangerous to attack for a bear, but it became clear that some had learned that ...

In 2010, another bear was shot in the same Arctic region ... to a reduction in the area of sea ice, that is, the hunting grounds of polar bears. On the other hand, for the same reason, the hunting ...