Scientists are urging governments to fund better waste management in Arctic villages. Experts issue urgent warning after ...

Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum, or natural oil, on the mammals’ fur helps them survive the harsh Arctic weather by making it hard for ice to stick to them ...

Frostpaw the polar bear with the melting ice bear ... the ice bear’s height is exactly the same as the average thickness of the floating sea ice in the Arctic Ocean measured during the Catlin Arctic ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

A dwindling availability of ice in the arctic may be sending polar bears to places inhabited by humans. Credit: Getty Images Stories careening around the web over the past few days have sounded ...

If you’re lucky enough to see a polar bear at the zoo, you will instantly fall in love. These majestic creatures are ...

A polar bear has been shot dead in ... The rapid loss of sea ice due to climate change is "driving hungry bears to land and putting both at risk". From our morning news briefing to a weekly ...

Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present.

YORK, Pa. — The York Polar Bears take the ice just like any other hockey team, but for those in the stands watching, it’s a moment some thought they may never see. Polar Bears Team Manager and ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

Two-thirds of the world's polar bears could be extinct by 2050 if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears ...