Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. As the Arctic climate warms, some polar bears ...

Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left behind by hunters and to ...

WASHINGTON — Some polar bears and their cubs already in danger of extinction could be legally killed by private oil-drilling projects in northern Alaska, according to proposed new regulations. The ...

For nine days, a polar bear mother, formally known as Bear #20741, did not stop swimming. In the vast, open water of the Arctic, where solid ice once stretched for miles, the female polar bear pushed ...

Nathan Gordon Jr. drove his truck on the spit right outside of Kaktovik in early March. He is the city mayor and leads the town's polar bear patrol program. Under his back seat, he had a shotgun, and ...

OLCOTT, N.Y. — Hundreds of people plunged into the frigid waters of Lake Ontario in Olcott for the 57th annual Polar Bear Swim. The event is a decades-long tradition hosted by the Olcott Lions Club to ...

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For nearly two decades, luxury outerwear brand Canada Goose has been supporting Polar Bears International, the singular organization dedicated to conserving polar bears and the sea ice they depend on.

The Clarksville' Parks and Recreation Department host polar bear plunge Feb. 21, rescheduling after the January snow The funds raised will help bring awareness for inclusive swimming and provide swim ...