Polar bears are not only the largest bears, but they are also the largest land predators in the world. So, when it comes to ...

Is there anything better than diving into cold water in the summertime? Polar bears love plunging into refreshing water as ...

A polar bear attacked a woman at Berlin Zoo Friday afternoon after she climbed a fence and jumped into its habitat during ...

A video captured a polar bear charging at a person in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, forcing them to drop their gun and race away on a snowmobile.

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 ...

The incident took place on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard on April 27, when the man attempted to scare the polar bear away by firing a warning shot, but it charged towards him.

One good meal can last them days: A seal weighing 121 pounds can provide eight days worth of energy for a polar bear. When food is plentiful, adult polar bears only eat the fat and leave the ...

The UK's oldest polar bear has been euthanised due to her deteriorating health, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland ...

These two groups cannot be studied using traditional satellite collars, which slip off the cone-shaped necks and heads of adult males. Successfully attaching telemetry tags to polar bear fur has ...

While there is no consensus on how much ice is needed to support an adult male polar bear, the study relied on field research to determine a base line of about 10 centimeters, or just under four ...

The highly-regulated polar bear harvest requires that hunters be guided by native Inuits, who retrieve downed polar bears by dog sled team. Adult polar bears can grow to lengths of 10 feet and ...

The bear was shot multiple times by a neighbor ... The study found that nutritionally stressed adult male polar bears were the most likely to pose threats to human safety. Polar bears also have ...