Twenty years on, relive the iconic scene from Sir David Attenborough's Planet Earth that changed our understanding of how ...

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are impressively known as the largest of the bear species. However, the walrus is a formidable ...

Polar bears in Hudson Bay could safeguard marine protected areas, helping sustain certain Arctic ecosystems experiencing climate pressure.

Polar bear encounters with humans are a regular concern for scientists and communities near polar bear habitats, but new research is showing the bears' reasons for coming in contact with humans might ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Frozen ocean surfaces also serve as travel corridors across the Arctic. Bears move long distances across this shifting landscape ...

Arctic Canada. Polar bear on the drifting ice with snow and evening pink blue sky, Svalbard, Norway. Wild danger animals in the nature habitat, two polar bears.© Ondrej Prosicky/Shutterstock.com When ...

Life in the Arctic is becoming a constant balancing act. As climate change reshapes the environment, animals must make ...

Researchers reviewed footage from 20 bears. Scientists attached GoPros to Arctic polar bears — here's what's happening first appeared on The Cool Down.

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. The effects ...

Polar bears are fearsome predators, but thankfully, most of us will never have to worry about encountering them in the wild. However, a small population of people in Canada actually choose to live ...

Not all polar bear populations are declining as a result of sea ice loss, according to new research. Polar bears that live along the Barents Sea near Svalbard -- the archipelago between Norway and the ...

In the northern corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba lies the small town of Churchill, colloquially known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World." Here, polar bears have become a common part ...