A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday ...

New research finds that grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to freezing.

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.

Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum –or hair grease–on their fur ...

The bear retreated to the woods, where it was found dead from its injuries. Couple survives terrifying polar bear attack after desperate struggle: 'Fight as long as you can' first appeared on The ...

Polar Bear Dies at Calgary Zoo After ‘Rough Play’ with Another Bear: ‘His Presence Brought Immense Joy’ The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo said that a necropsy report found that the bear ...

Despite the name, Bruno was a female bear that lived somewhere between 100,000 and 70,000 years ago and its genome has helped scientists narrow in on this brown bear-polar bear divergence.

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay.

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Spotting polar-grizzly bear hybrids in the wild can be tricky. This polar bear's darker face and body shape might lead some to think it's a hybrid, but only genetic testing can say for sure.

Warming temperatures may be changing the ways ice forms, making it more likely to stick to and injure polar bears in two far north populations.

New research finds grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to freezing.