This spring, when I set out to report on the vanishing world of Inuit polar-bear hunters for The New Yorker’s Far-Flung ...

Christopher Best, a 34-year-old man, was fatally attacked by polar bears while working at a remote radar site in Canada in ...

In the most remote settlement in Greenland, Hjelmer Hammeken’s life style has gone from something that worked for thousands of years to something that may not outlive him.

A new study finds a link between chemicals and bone loss that could damage males' penises, potentially harming reproduction.

In a single year, one polar bear can leave roughly 300 kilograms of prey for other animals to dine on. Altogether, the carnivores provide 7.6 million kilograms of carrion for scavengers throughout the ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

Learn why polar bears have white fur and other cool facts, plus WWF’s efforts to protect them and their Arctic habitat from ...

A new study published in the journal Oikos reveals for the first time the critical role polar bears play as carrion providers for Arctic species. Researchers from University of Manitoba and San Diego ...

A funny moment was caught on camera when a polar bear startled a young visitor at a marine park. The little girl had pressed herself against the glass of the enclosure at Oleborg Polar Ocean World in ...

With polar bears spending more and more time ashore in the Arctic because of melting sea ice from global warming, the chances of human-wildlife conflicts are growing. That brings in Polar Bears ...

Gold Shaw Farm watches a polar bear puppy learn to guard ducks safely. Rupert Murdoch warns judge of Donald Trump’s ‘red herring’ Chris Hemsworth, Alzheimer's and why Hollywood is suddenly obsessed ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A new male polar arrived at the Henry Vilas Zoo on Friday. The zoo said Siku is here and thriving in his new environment. Siku is weighing in at just over 1200 pounds. He spent the ...