Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

It's National Girls and Women in Sports Day and these athletes have us cheering, gasping and smiling from our seats in the ...

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to understand ...

Victoria is the oldest of four polar bears kept at the Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms National Park. At the grand old age of 28 her keepers say she has reached the stage in her life when she ...

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to harmful “forever chemicals” used in ice-resistant coatings today ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, Feb. 1, marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. The fundraising event, in which individuals pledge $100 or more ...

Polar bears can live into their early 30s ... "Joint care is something we are looking at for the bears." Diet is another way the park is trying to keep Victoria, Arktos and Walker's joints ...

DUBLIN — In the harsh Arctic environment, where polar bears regularly plunge into freezing waters to hunt seals, a remarkable thing happens: unlike your car windshield on a winter morning, their fur ...

If you could cuddle a friendly polar bear, how do you think it would feel? Most people might guess soft and fluffy, but new research out this week in the journal Science Advances found that the ...