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 ...

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.

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.

Researchers reviewed polar bear attacks beginning in the 1870s and found most bears involved were thin and likely starving, suggesting they attacked out of desperation. This is especially true ...

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 ...

there is less out there for a polar bear to hunt. They are starving, and won’t stop until they get their paws on something to eat ... and maybe they’d develop a taste for lion meat.

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 ...

A photographer's iconic shot of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes in their behaviour. In September 2021, Russian wildlife photographer ...