If you ask children or college students to draw pictures to illustrate climate change, chances are that polar bears will make ...

A photographer's iconic shots of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes in their behaviour.

Scientists are urging governments to fund better waste management in Arctic villages. Experts issue urgent warning after ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

From the tiny, silly-looking sun bear to the iconic polar bear, these animals are specially adapted to different environments, including forests, mountains, icy tundra, deserts and swamps.

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

Paul spotted the polar bear a year ago on a scouting ... We never saw him again, but we hope that our images of this dying bear moved the conversation about climate change to the forefront ...

A surprising discovery on a secluded Russian island has produced remarkable images of polar bears taking refuge in deserted ...

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 ...

This juvenile polar bear had just swam across a sea inlet before ... Although the photographer has captured images of herons catching fish here on many occasions, in this instance the early ...

I prayed that it would stay that way so I could at least rescue the memory card containing the images. Under the midnight sun, beside a hole in the Arctic ice, a polar bear found something new ...

'I visited one of the coldest towns in the world - but I was surprised by one law' ...