An image of polar bears napping along the Hudson Bay coast in Canada has been shortlisted for the Wildlife Photographer of ...

The fuzzy white predators of Svalbard, Norway, have been getting fatter over the past two decades, possibly by changing their diets and hunting strategies, a new study suggests ...

One of the most attractive critters at the zoo splashes through frigid waters: polar bears, the beauties of the Arctic Circle ...

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Polar bears can struggle to adapt to climate change. Bears on Svalbard may be surviving on land prey and seals — but scientists warn it may not last.

“Svalbard (and the Barents Sea area) has experienced a much faster loss of sea ice than other areas having polar bears,” Aars ...

These polar bears appear to be maintaining their physical health despite the loss of sea ice—their preferred hunting grounds ...

Kallik, a 3-year-old polar bear from the Saint Louis Zoo, is making a splash at the Oregon Zoo’s Polar Passage habitat. He ...

Kali, now 13, was rescued as a cub in 2013 after residents of the Native Village of Point Lay, Alaska, discovered he’d been ...

The Detroit Zoo and the Toledo Zoo have exchanged the care of two polar bears as part of an effort to support breeding ...

Polar bears are growing increasingly comfortable around people, and that's a problem. One can see the tension between these ...

Nuka the polar bear has returned to the Toledo Zoo as part of a coordinated breeding effort supported by the Polar Bear Population Alliance.