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 ...

In 2008, a 37-year-old man climbed into the enclosure holding the baby polar bear Knut. The two-year-old Knut was a global celebrity after becoming the first polar bear to be born and survive ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

The Canadian town of Churchill has already had more than four times as many polar bear visitors this year compared with the same time last year, and many more could soon be on the way. The sisters ...

Female polar bear Nuka has given birth to two cubs in Karlsruhe Zoo. However, the zoo says, the chances are not particularly ...

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. Temperatures in the Arctic region are warming more ...

A father died protecting his children in a rare polar bear attack in Canada's northernmost territory of Nunavut. Aaron Gibbons, 31, was on Sentry Island, a popular fishing and hunting spot on the ...

While you may not notice it unless you are looking at a polar bear and Kodiak bear side by side, there are some key ...

The volunteers are staff who are ordinarily employed elsewhere at the airport, many of them in security. They are available on winter standby for airside snow clearance and are termed “polar bears”.

Since Alonso made his debut with the Mets in 2019, the first baseman has been known as the "Polar Bear." So, how did Alonso first get his nickname? As a top prospect, Alonso made an impression ...

That is when he became known around the organization as Polar Bear. According to Alonso, the nickname came from former Mets teammate Todd Frazier back in 2019 (via New York Post): “In Spring ...

A polar bear has been shot dead in a remote Icelandic village, the latest casualty of growing tensions between humans and the Arctic mammals. Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore ...