Forecasters say the region’s sea ice will dwindle to a strip above Greenland and Canada. There, polar bears and others will ...

At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers, and scientists like Geoff York.

Churchill, Canada — On the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers and scientists like Geoff York. The polar bear capital of the ...

On land, expedition travelers encounter remarkable mammalian species including Arctic foxes and the endemic Svalbard reindeer ...

Polar bears were once hunted freely across Svalbard but since an international protection agreement in 1976, the population here has slowly recovered.

Rare video shows polar bear mom emerging from Arctic den with cubs. New study reveals elusive denning habits of the vulnerable creatures ...

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway -- A cruise line employee was injured in a polar bear attack Saturday on an Arctic archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole, according to local authorities.

The Fish and Wildlife Service updated rules governing how much Arctic oil drilling can bother the Beaufort Sea’s protected polar bears.

One of the Oregon Zoo's half-sister polar bears, Amelia Gray, is heading out east, the zoo announced Thursday.

A man dropped his gun and managed to outrun a polar bear on a snowmobile in a heart-racing moment caught on camera in the Arctic Circle.

Prehistoric sled dogs in the Siberian Arctic ate a mix of fish, reindeer and polar bear, according to a new analysis of 9,000-year-old turds. Recovered from the early Holocene site of Zhokhov in the ...

Rare video shows polar bear mom emerging from Arctic den with cubs. New study reveals elusive denning habits of the vulnerable creatures ...