Most Americans have never seen a polar bear in its natural Arctic habitat, be they in the international territory of the North Pole, or one of five nations: the United States (Alaska), Canada, Russia, ...

A polar bear walks along the shore in Alaska on Sept. 6, 2019. (Photo provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) A polar bear found dead on Alaska’s North Slope is the first of the species known to ...

Angela Imboden rubbed her gloved hand around the large bear’s muzzle. It was starting to take on a more defined shape. The Thunder Mountain High School art teacher used Thursday’s fresh snowfall and ...

It looks to visitors like the two polar bears are longtime best pals. They swim and play together. They sometimes rest alongside one another. They bound toward each other in bursts and play-fight, ...

In a recent paper, scientists wrote that a small population of polar bears living off Greenland and Arctic Canada increased by 1.6 times when they compared the numbers from the 1990s to 2013 and 2014.

A woman and her 1-year-old son were recently mauled to death by a polar bear in an ultra-rare attack in Alaska. A new report sheds some light on why the tragic event occurred. When you purchase ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — For isolated communities at the top of the world, keeping the planet’s largest land predators — polar bears — out of town is key to coexistence. That can mean patrolling for the ...