Bears are incredible creatures, but they can also be some of the most dangerous animals on the planet. While even the most dangerous bear will typically avoid humans, under the right (or wrong!) ...

There are about 17,000 polar bears living in the country - making up around two-thirds of the global population of the species, according to the Canadian government. The species is in decline, and ...

Otherwise things would have turned out badly for the bear.' The polar bears were not punished for the attack. A police spokesperson in 2009 told Der Spiegel: 'The woman jumped in there carelessly ...

Tad Fujioka, 50, was reported overdue from a deer hunting trip in the Sitka area of Alaska, near Juneau, the authorities said ...

Population assessments have revealed that polar bears in Greenland are suffering from crippling wounds on their paws due to wet snow that gets stuck to the pads and freezes into blocks. When you ...

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland habitats. But they may be increasingly infected with germs and parasites ...

Warming temperatures may be changing the ways ice forms, making it more likely to stick to and injure polar bears in two far north populations. Temperatures in the Arctic region are warming more ...

As the Arctic warms, polar bears now face a greater risk of contracting several pathogens than bears three decades ago, according to a new study. As the Arctic warms, polar bears now face a ...

Polar bears in some parts of the high Arctic are developing ice buildup and related injuries to their feet, apparently due to changing sea ice conditions in a warming Arctic. While surveying the ...