For nine days, a polar bear mother, formally known as Bear #20741, did not stop swimming. In the vast, open water of the Arctic, where solid ice once stretched for miles, the female polar bear pushed ...

In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of these majestic predators reduced to skin and bone, clinging to ever-shrinking ...

By Shanna Hanbury A polar bear, captured above, sits on a grassy expanse on Kolyuchin Island in the Chukotka district of ...

The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. The effects ...

A polar bear at the Oregon Zoo has become the internet’s newest obsession — and it’s easy to see why. A TikTok video posted by the zoo’s official account shows the bear gleefully swishing around in a ...