Polar bears are resilient animals. Scientists issue warning over worrisome conditions that could leave polar bears stranded — ...

It’s pure joy when Phyllis Emmert paints her whimsical animal scenes; she’s in her own world, in her element, where she belongs, she said, “I will die with a paintbrush.

Level A harassment,' allowed by a new federal rule, has the potential to injure polar bears, even when used correctly.

In October 1955, a polar bear cub, just seven months old, arrived in Madras. It was named Snejhok, Russian for ‘little snow’. According to an article published in The Hindu on October 10, 1955 ...

A male polar bear walking on sea ice in Svalbard. Combined with GPS data, the devices offer a detailed record of how the bears roam, how they rest and what they endure.

In Chilling Video, Man Escapes Polar Bear As It Charges At Him In Norway The incident took place on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard on April 27, when the man attempted to scare the polar ...

However, the bear didn't leave until he ate all the snacks he got from one of the snowmobiles, even though hotel employees kept trying to scare him away using truck horns. "Once he finished, he ...

To a layperson, it’s footage of adorable polar bear cubs with their moms against the backdrop of endless Arctic snow. For researchers who study the animals, however, it’s a rare and incredibly ...

Researchers captured rare footage of polar bear cubs emerging from dens in Svalbard, Norway, using nearly a decade of remote camera data to reveal new insights about den emergence and post ...

A file photo of an (ice-free!) mother polar bear and her cub on the Hudson Bay. (Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images) Preventing ice buildup in extreme temperatures has long vexed industries ...

And it’s partly what the fur has — and what it lacks. Polar bear fur contains a cocktail of greasy compounds that make it exceptionally resistant to freezing, Holst and her colleagues reported last ...

This combination makes polar bear fur highly resistant to freezing, Holst says. Lab tests showed that it performed about as well as fluorinated ski waxes, which have been banned in Norway for ...