Temperatures can plummet to -50°F (-46°C), and the landscape is dominated by ice and snow. In this harsh habitat, one animal reigns supreme: the polar bear. Nature’s ultimate predator, polar bears are ...

Ursus maritimus, a species of polar bear in the South Beaufort Sea, has recently been of particular interest to marine scientists at UW. A study published in March used allostatic load ...

Dmitry Kokh captured polar bears looking out of the windows of an abandoned weather station on Kolyuchin Island in Russia (Credit: Dmitry Kokh) A photographer's iconic shot of polar bears in ...

Ben joined Polar Capital in May 2003. He is lead manager of Polar Capital Technology Trust plc and is also joint manager of the Polar Capital Global Technology Fund. He has been a technology ...

The 62-year-old seal harvester was driving with his wife in West Saint Modeste, N.L., on Thursday when a massive polar bear strolled casually across the road toward a clutch of houses. The lumbering ...

The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to tiny tropical islands to a ...

Tallinn Zoo welcomed polar bear sisters Skadi and Kaja on Wednesday, and by the next day, they were already exploring, adapting, and playfully settling into their new enclosure. The sisters ...

Arlt said Lazy Bear's licence was rescinded for the 2025 season because of the continuing decline in the number of polar bears on the western side of Hudson Bay, based on a 2021 aerial survey.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Trump administration appears to be leaving no stone unturned with its sweeping tariffs around the globe, from rocky outcrops home to polar bears in the Arctic to ...

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FILE - A cow rests near a park bench and trash bins on August 12, 2002 on Australia's remote Norfolk Island. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) ...