Since WCCO first visited Churchill in 1993, the polar bear population here has been cut in half, according to estimates ...

In conservation, the term "flagship species" is used to refer to animals that represent something bigger, like an entire ecosystem. For example, the polar bear represents the Arctic, sea turtles serve ...

A reanalysis of paleomagnetic poles provides tighter bounds on the style and rate of motions of our whole planet with respect ...

Polar bears are powerful predators but do they actually hunt humans as prey? This video explores real-life encounters and ...

When bears develop a potentially dangerous level of comfort with humans and their food, they need to be relocated. Relocated bears don't often fare well.

A viral video of a polar bear curiously investigating an oil rig's gate is raising questions about why the bear is there.

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, ...

Ursus maritimus, a species of polar bear in the South Beaufort Sea, has recently been of particular interest to marine ...

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

A surprising discovery on a secluded Russian island has produced remarkable images of polar bears taking refuge in deserted ...

Finding creature comforts in Africa, exploring the Galapagos and travelling to the ends of the earth, Simon Calder shares his ...

Instinct plays a huge role in parenting, and humans can learn a lot from the animal kingdom. Helen Jukes, author of Mother Animal, which explores parenting in the natural world, says that there's an ...