Google Street View has taken it's cameras to the Canadian Arctic to capture polar bears in their natural habitat. In honor of International Polar Bear Day on February 27, the Google Maps team brought ...

Polar bears depend on frozen ocean surfaces more than any other land predator. The ice functions as a platform where they hunt seals, their primary source of energy. Bears often wait beside breathing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. Andy Rouse, Nature Picture Library Polar bears are often the ...

Polar bears are struggling to survive as Arctic ice disappears, limiting food, reducing habitat, and pushing their ability to adapt.

This study was funded by grants from the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S011188/1) and the European Research Council (SELECTHAPLOID - 101001341) The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in ...

In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of these majestic predators reduced to skin and bone, clinging to ever-shrinking ...

Something alarming is happening at the top of the world. Polar bears, long regarded as the living symbol of a warming planet, ...

Watching a polar bear roam across Arctic tundra sounds like an expedition reserved for wealthy travelers. In practice, a careful traveler can arrange the experience for a cost similar to a mid-range ...

World Bear Day encourages us to pause and see bears in a new light - not just as powerful animals, but as vital members of the natural world.

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 ...