Polar bears’ reproductive rate is among the lowest of all mammals. Females reach maturity at the age of four- to five-years-old and usually give birth to two cubs.Mortality is high during the ...

A man is recovering from serious injuries after leaping onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled by the animal, according to police in Canada’s Ontario province. A man and a woman ...

Then, per BBC Wildlife Magazine, one of the female polar bear's female cubs proceeded to mate with male grizzly bears, one of whom was her father, and gave birth to four more hybrid bears. According ...

1:36 Polar bear poop sheds light on protected species It may seem like an unorthodox way to study polar bears, but it turns out the massive animals’ feces is offering vital clues into their ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...

Bones and fossils found in caves show that polar bears once roamed the Scottish Highlands. Initially thought to belong to brown bears, new analysis of the bones and teeth prove they actually ...

A Canadian man leaped to the defense of his wife after a polar bear lunged toward her in a dramatic ambush by the animal in rural Ontario. According to the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service ...

Norway has all of this and more to offer you. Mother and her cubs forms a group. Image via Anchorage Daily News. Two Alaskan communities, Kaktovik and Utqiagvik, offer limited opportunities for polar ...

A man suffered severe injuries early Tuesday after being attacked by a polar bear in Canada, according to police. "The man who leapt onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled is ...

One of the polar bears’ most remarkable abilities is their sense of smell, which is among the most acute in the animal kingdom. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in ...

They were met in their driveway by a feisty polar bear, who lunged at the woman. Police said the fast-moving man jumped onto the mammal to prevent the attack. “The woman slipped to the ground as ...