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”.

The goal is limiting the footprint where seismic exploration could take place and avoiding polar bear dens and caribou ...

These amazing images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show the Arctic animals at their fierce but adorable best ...

In a rare encounter, a polar bear was spotted near a remote cottage in Iceland-a sighting that quickly turned dangerous.

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.

For example, not only is it necessary to carry polar bear protection gear when traveling outside designated settlements, it’s ...

The driver who struck and killed a famous grizzly bear south of Grand Teton National Park earlier this week was not speeding and the bear's death was an accident, law enforcement officers said Friday.

Sheltered, we enjoyed the wine and reviewed our day. And then the black bear appeared. I looked over at our site and there was “Nosy” (a nickname Teresa assigns to all inquisitive bruins).

This photo shows the rear paws of a polar bear temporarily sedated for research in East Greenland in 2022. The bear has large chunks of ice frozen onto its feet, which the researchers removed.

In a study that has provided clues about how polar bear disease could be linked to ice loss, scientists examined blood samples from bears in the Chukchi Sea - between Alaska and Russia.

LONDON (AP) — A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote ... which declined to have the animal relocated, Westfjords Police Chief Helgi Jensson told The Associated Press. “It's ...