On average, a male polar bear will weigh between 600 and 1200 pounds, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. However, some can reach up to 1700 pounds. A female polar bear is smaller ...

You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

We are so lucky here in San Diego to get to view three polar bears on any given day at the San Diego Zoo.Behind the safety of glass, we can watch the 1,100-pound Kalluk with his sister Tatqiq.They ...

Enjoying these sizzling summer days? Imagine if you were the lone polar bear at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. Actually, zoo ...

“Laerke does some things that are all-natural polar bear behavior, but she’ll do them repetitively and more often than we would like to see,” Somerville said. A John Curley Mother's Day Special ...

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s polar bear Laerke went viral over the weekend when a video of her behavior caused concern for some commenters.. Zoo staff told The News Tribune on Tuesday that ...

A new rule, scheduled to take effect Thursday, follows a series of lawsuits brought by environmental groups claiming that the federal government failed to adequately justify prior rules that allowed ...

A polar bear mauled a mother and her 1-year-old son to death as they were leaving a school in Alaska. Tests indicate that the bear was in poor health but it is unclear as to why.

Somerville says what’s abnormal to people is normal—and unique—to Laerke. The bear came to Point Defiance as a cub with her sister and habitat-mate, Astra, from the Detroit Zoo two years ago ...

Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium’s polar bear Laerke went viral over the weekend when a video of her behavior caused concern for some commenters.. Zoo staff told The News Tribune on Tuesday that ...