An unexpected Alaskan adventure ...

Millions have seen the heart-wrenching video of a polar ... than Alaska and California combined). In the late spring, the ice is breaking up sooner and forming later in the fall, forcing bears ...

He's only days into his attempt to reach the North Pole-and things look as grim as they've ever been. Plaisted and his team of amateur explorers have endured fuel shortages, howling storms, and ...

Alaska is a fascinating state, being the largest in the Union. It’s also a geographical phenomenon, being the country’s ...

A pioneering mission in Norway's Svalbard archipelago involves taking fat tissue biopsies from polar bears to study the impact of pollutants on their health. Svalbard, Norway - With one foot braced on ...

Because polar bears live in the freezing regions of the Arctic, far from most humans, they don’t often run into dogs. However, in Churchill, Manitoba, things are quite different. Often called the ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear. The predator bolted but soon slumped into the ...

A state judge has blocked the Alaska Department of Fish and Game from conducting a controversial predator control program, ruling that the department acted “in bad faith” when it launched this ...

The aerial bear-culling program has thus been carried out in spring and early summer, when the caribou calves are being born. In a statement, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug ...