The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden counts on federal funds to grow cat, polar bear and rhino populations country-wide. The ...

Although it was only briefly seen during the live webcast of its launch, the Fram2 mission's zero-gravity indicator was ...

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...

Siku, a polar bear at Lincoln Park Zoo, developed allergies to various substances including human hair dander (Credit: ...

Some claim that polar bears are the only animals that hunt humans, but is this true? What would you do if you encountered a ...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

Video. Tallinn Zoo welcomed polar bear sisters Skadi and Kaja on Wednesday, and by the next day, they were already exploring, ...

In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

Pregnant polar bear females usually enter the den in late autumn and remain there throughout the winter. They don't eat ...

Polar bear cubs have been filmed emerging from their ... and protection of denning areas to ensure the survival of future generations because cubs rely on the den emergence period to acclimatize ...