Editor's Note: National Geographic went too far in drawing a definitive connection between climate change and a particular starving polar bear in the opening caption of our December 2017 video ...

Polar bears are uniquely adapted to survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth. These majestic animals are ...

"A polar bear can smell a human from miles away." Video captures chilling moment polar bear approaches massive rig: 'They are ...

Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published on Monday that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime.

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

In 2011, a trip-wire designed to alert a group camping near Longyearbyen failed, and a polar bear "reported to be starving and emaciated" killed a 17-year-old British boy and injured four others.

Wildlife is abundant in this remote and fragile area, and we were looking for seals and polar bears. NGM Maps When we anchored the boat at the fjord ice, we spotted several seals resting on the ...

One male polar bear, bony after a season without seal blubber ... when adults are near-starving before the sealing season, males are more likely to cannibalize cubs and attack humans.

Starving arctic foxes turn to cannibalism ... He says: 'Arctic foxes form unlikely alliances with the polar bears. 'It's late in the year and both species are waiting for the sea to freeze.

In recognition of the high standard of entries, 25 extra images were selected by the Natural History Museum and put to the public vote. Justin’s whole body pained as he watched this starving polar ...