At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers, and ...

Despite this clear motivation to get back to hunting seals on the sea ice, polar bear families will often hang out at the den for days or weeks after emerging. On average, the families we monitored in ...

International Polar Bear Day highlights conservation efforts to protect polar bears and their fragile Arctic habitat.

Just on the edge of the western Hudson Bay lies the small town of Churchill, Manitoba. Here, the sea meets the boreal forest ...

Such insight is important to help protect the animals' habitat as industries expand into the arctic. "Polar bear mothers are ...

The video “shines light on elusive polar bear reproduction” and “marks the first combination of satellite tracking collars with remote camera traps to answer questions about polar bear denning, which ...

The Detroit Zoo has welcomed a 22-year-old female polar bear named Haley for breeding and conservation efforts.

Past research has established that polar bear cubs’ odds of survival are impacted by how long their mothers spend denning.

Polar bears are born in the winter and spend their first several weeks of life in the den with their mother. Researchers note that less than half of the cubs will survive until adulthood, with the ...

Haley, the 22-year-old polar bear, left Memphis Zoo in Tennessee over the weekend in preparation for her new home in Michigan. Lately, two polar bears have been part of the Detroit Zoo collection, a ...