Big Oil and the state of Alaska brought a suit challenging the polar bear's critical habitat decision — forcing the Fish and Wildlife Service to rethink its landmark designation — but in February 2016 ...

In Alaska, there are three bear species. Black bears are found throughout the state's forests, and polar bears are confined ... including recognizing bear tracks, scat, and bear trails.

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to ...

But this week, a polar bear attack killed a mother and her 1-year-old son in Wales, a tiny, remote Alaska whaling village whose bear patrol had lapsed. The incident — the first fatal polar bear ...

The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere on Earth, and polar bears—listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act—are at risk due to decreasing sea ice habitat. Monitoring polar bear ...

For the first time polar bear DNA has been isolated from a track left in the snow. A team of French scientists working in partnership with conservation organization WWF has for the first time isolated ...

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 ... in parts of Canada, Alaska, ...