Polar bears' fur is not white. What makes their coats appear white is a result of science, allowing them to blend into the ...

It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear -- one of the most dangerous predators on the ...

The biggest type of bear is the polar bear. On average, polar bears weigh about 1,150 pounds (521 kg) and stand about 9 feet (2.7 meters) tall on their hind legs. The heaviest recorded polar bear ...

By Abhishyant Kidangoor Before pivoting her focus to the Arctic, Alysa McCall worked extensively in the grassland ecosystem.

Biologists were on Capitol Hill this week to warn lawmakers that changes they are considering to the “Marine Mammals ...

Zac Unger moved to Churchill, Manitoba, to cover the decline of the polar bear. It was 2008, and the adorable predators had become symbols in the battle over climate change.

While polar bears are a big tourist draw, the Arctic has a wealth of wildlife to observe and terrains to explore ...

A male polar bear eats a piece of whale meat Aug. 23, 2010, as it walks along the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears ...

We arrived in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, in the middle of autumn in 2004. That date feels like prehistory, almost antediluvian by today’s reckoning with climate change. Polar bears were everywhere ...