That was certainly the case for this polar bear, who makes his home at a zoo in norther England, and may not see as much snow as he’d like to. His delight in playing in a fresh snowfall is not ...

Tourism companies around the world have started to advertise specific destinations to travellers, because those locations ...

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic traditionally use polar bear fur for its ice-resistant properties, but the science behind ...

Police officers, who arrived at the scene after receiving reports of gunfire and a possible bear sighting in the area, “located a deceased polar bear,” the service said, adding: “Police ...

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation: greasy fur. It’s a trait that, ...

Police had also been made aware of a possible bear sighting in the area. Officers arrived to find a deceased polar bear, and learned a man had been transported to the community nursing station ...

They then compared the performance of polar bear hair with human hair and two human-made ski skins. A polar bear’s insulating fur shown under infrared heat imaging taken with a FLIR E75 24o ...