Meet Astra, the new polar bear at Como Zoo, who brings a playful spirit while highlighting the need for conservation of these powerful creatures.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Zoo will soon say goodbye to one of its most beloved polar bears, while welcoming a new one. While the zoo didn't share an exact date, Nora the polar will move to Wisconsin ...

Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries.

But at the remote Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge in the Canadian province of Manitoba, guests are led on walking safaris at close range with this fearsome Arctic animal. Given they can run at speeds of 40km/h ...

Polar bears have taken over a tiny town on an island in the Chukchi Sea, on the far east coast of Russia. To be fair to the bears, they didn't evict anyone. These houses were abandoned. They used to ...

In a violent Arctic game of tug-of-war, several polar bears in northern Canada had to fend off an overly eager—and outnumbered—black bear vying for a meal. And the entire ordeal was captured on video.