When you have people disembarking from the vehicle you should have a bear monitor,” Van Nest, a conservation officer for the ...

The buzz of excitement at Berlin Zoo was abruptly interrupted by cries of panic and a loud splash as something dropped into the moat within the polar bear enclosure. To the shock of onlookers ...

Rode and her colleagues looked to polar bear immune systems for crucial insights. The Chukchi Sea polar bear population was a perfect fit. These bears, native to the waters between Alaska and ...

Norwegian authorities later threatened the makers of BBC show The Polar Bear Family And Me with a £5,700 fine, claiming Gordon’s methods had disturbed the animals. But the Scot maintains he did ...

After the winter storm hit, artist Bryce Billings said he was looking for something to do when he couldn’t make it up the Steese Highway to his work site Tuesday. So he started packing up a pile ...

Related: Bleak photo of polar bear with plastic in its jaws in the remote Arctic shows pollution's 'pervasive grip' "The chunks of ice weren't just caught up in the hair," Laidre said.

In a study that has provided clues about how polar bear disease could be linked to ice loss, scientists examined blood samples from bears in the Chukchi Sea - between Alaska and Russia.

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 ...

While surveying the health of two polar bear populations, researchers found lacerations, hair loss, ice buildup and skin ulcerations primarily affecting the feet of adult bears as well as other ...

As the Arctic warms, polar bears now face a greater risk of contracting several pathogens than bears three decades ago. Karyn Rode and Caroline Van Hemert of the U.S. Geological Survey report ...