A polar bear was spotted on the shores of Iceland for the first time in 8 years. It was shot dead by police.

Climate change putting Hudson Bay polar bears at risk, study finds A man suffered severe injuries early Tuesday after being attacked by a polar bear in Canada, according to police. "The man who ...

From alliterated names like Monty the Monkey to a mishmash of sounds, the names kids can come up with are unique, to say the ...

The bear retreated to the woods, where it was found dead from its injuries. Couple survives terrifying polar bear attack after desperate struggle: 'Fight as long as you can' first appeared on The ...

Despite the name, Bruno was a female bear that lived somewhere between 100,000 and 70,000 years ago and its genome has helped scientists narrow in on this brown bear-polar bear divergence.

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum –or hair grease–on their fur ...

Video footage from the Arctic town of Pyramiden on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard shows the polar bear charging at a man who fired at him.

A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday.

Spotting polar-grizzly bear hybrids in the wild can be tricky. This polar bear's darker face and body shape might lead some to think it's a hybrid, but only genetic testing can say for sure.

The Washington Post warned that polar bears faced extinction, and the World Wildlife Fund’s chief scientist even claimed some polar bear populations would be unable to reproduce by 2012.

Enjoying these sizzling summer days? Imagine if you were the lone polar bear at the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. Actually, zoo staff provide a number of ...