LONDON -- A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being ...

A polar bear was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland, a rare sight in the island nation. It was shot by ...

This footage shows a female polar bear named Aika enjoying a snow slide at Moscow Zoo as colder temperatures set in. The clip ...

Polar bear safaris serve up a rare opportunity to meet Arctic man-eaters under the northern lights. Colby J Brokvist Polar bears are the only mammal known to actively hunt humans. Still ...

Despite their enormous size and dangerous nature, polar bears are beautiful creatures that many people associate with the ...

Scientists are piecing together when polar bears (Ursus maritimus) may have evolved some of the genes that separate them from brown bears (Ursus arctos). New genomic analysis reveals that they may ...

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 ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...

Located in Winkhill, United Kingdom, Peak Wildlife Park is home to various animals, including two adorable polar bears, Nanook and Noori. At the beginning of August, a zookeeper devised a creative ...

Hungry polar bears are turning to rubbish dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears. On Wednesday, a team of Canadian and US scientists warned that trash poses an emerging ...

Some polar bears face starvation as the Arctic sea ice melts because they are unable to adapt their diets to living on land, scientists have found. The iconic Arctic species normally feed on ...

Two polar bears killed a worker at a remote Arctic radar station in Canada's northern Nunavut territory, prompting an investigation into the rare fatal attack. The employee, who has not been named ...