Scientists are urging governments to fund better waste management in Arctic villages. Experts issue urgent warning after ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Two-thirds of the world's polar bears could be extinct by 2050 if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears ...

"We were super surprised because we never expected to meet polar bears so far to the south. At this time of the year, they should be on the sea ice already, and on Wrangel Island, normally." ...

Are bears getting enough nutrients? As polar bears rely on ice for hunting, the decrease in ice could indicate that mothers are not getting enough nutrients: “If bears are entering the den in ...

A polar bear has been shot dead in ... The rapid loss of sea ice due to climate change is "driving hungry bears to land and putting both at risk". From our morning news briefing to a weekly ...

Today, the island harbours the greatest concentration of polar ... bears swim to its shores Every summer, an estimated thousand or more bears swim to its shores, as they wait for the sea ice ...