Analysis of the fat samples showed that the main pollutants ... the head of the Svalbard polar bear program, told AFP. "If they have very little sea ice, they necessarily need to be on land ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

Scientists took fat tissue biopsies from polar bears to ... took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear. The predator bolted but soon slumped into the snowdrifts, its broad frame ...

Polar bears are not only the largest bears, but they are also the largest land predators in the world. So, when it comes to size, how do polar bears measure up against some of the other top land ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

The predator bolted but soon slumped into the snowdrifts, its broad frame motionless beneath the Arctic sky. The dramatic pursuit formed part of a pioneering research mission in Norway's Svalbard ...

1 of 12 A polar bear watches her cubs on the Hudson Bay in ... the fall fasting, living off their fat from the seals they caught in the spring. Pagano’s study involved capturing nine female ...

A sedated female polar bear, next to its two cubs ... the science icebreaking vessel 'Kronprins Haakon' Analysis of the fat samples showed that the main pollutants present were per- and ...

Is there anything better than diving into cold water in the summertime? Polar bears love plunging into refreshing water as ...