The innovation is only one of several high tech operations looking for new ways to protect polar bears as climate change ...

The strength and smarts it takes to be successful when food is hard to come by can become a little problematic when humans ...

Polar bears are more than hunters as their leftovers feed many Arctic animals, forming a vital food web threatened by melting ...

Utah’s Hogle Zoo is celebrating Polar Bear Week! Hogle Zoo is part of Polar Bears International’s Arctic Ambassador Center ...

Polar bears, the iconic creatures of the Arctic, have a role that extends beyond their status as apex predators. They are ...

I was just four years old when my family moved to Baffin Island, Canada, where we lived in a remote village among the Indigenous Peoples known as the Inuit. I spent most of my time outside, roaming ...

A new study shows how much food polar bears leave behind — and how their decline threatens scavengers across the Arctic.

Astra, a female polar bear, at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington, on Nov. 14, 2023. Astra, a 4-year-old, 700-pound female, arrived Oct. 9, 2025 at Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in St.

Polar bears are synonymous with the whiteness of their fur. However, their fur is not actually white. It's transparent and covers black skin. Why, then, do they not look like black bears? The polar ...

Two longtime San Diego Zoo animals were put down on the same day, marking a tragic day for one of California’s most famous zoos. On Thursday, the zoo “made the difficult and compassionate decision to ...

The 4-year-old polar bear named Astra at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium will be relocated to another facility in the midwest, the zoo announced in a release. Guests are invited to say their ...