The Heritage Railway and Carousel Company (HRCC) will be open this weekend (Saturday and Sunday), if the weather is ...

A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday ...

A polar bear’s skull and nose are also longer than a grizzly’s. But grizzlies have longer claws than polar bears—which are better for digging. A polar bear’s paws are better suited for ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...

Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in infrared cameras, meaning their fur has the ...

While you may not notice it unless you are looking at a polar bear and Kodiak bear side by side, there are some key ...

A dramatic video captured a man fleeing a charging polar bear in Norway after dropping his gun and hopping onto a snowmobile. The incident reportedly unfolded in Pyramiden – an Arctic town in th ...

Why? For one thing, the light-phase bear ("phase" refers to color variations in bears) shown in the video is "clearly not a polar bear," York said. According to the wildlife educational ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, Feb. 1, marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. The fundraising event, in which individuals pledge $100 or more ...

MORE: Prolonged ice-free periods putting Hudson Bay polar bear population at risk of extinction: Study The melting of the sea ice has shortened the polar bears' feeding season, which has resulted ...

The couple in the Fort Severn First Nation, in the far northern section of Ontario, encountered a polar bear at 5am local time in their driveway on Tuesday. The bear attacked the woman ...