Dmitry Kokh captured polar bears looking out of the windows of an abandoned weather station on Kolyuchin Island in Russia (Credit: Dmitry Kokh) A photographer's iconic shot of polar bears in ...

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.

With shrinking sea ice, polar bears are having to spend longer time on land. A team of scientists from the US Geological Survey strapped cameras to the necks of polar bears in northern Canada ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must correct legal errors in a regulation that allows oil and gas companies to harass ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around Earth chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator — a plush white *polar* bear. But given that the four-member Fram2 crew is ...