Polar bears are resilient animals. Scientists issue warning over worrisome conditions that could leave polar bears stranded — ...

Scientists converge on Churchill because it is the most accessible point to study polar bears. The bears here are the most researched in the world, and the most photographed.

Churchill is a remote northern Manitoba town that not only lives with polar bears next door, but loves it. That's because the predators attract the tourists who are now an important part of ...

Journey to Churchill, known as the polar bear capital of the world. Churchill, Canada, is known as the polar bear capital of the world — for good reason. Each fall, about 1,000 of these fascinating ...

As of 2021, Churchill, Manitoba, had a population of about 870 permanent human residents. Polar bears used to outnumber people, but the bears’ population has declined steeply in recent years.

There are about 600 polar bears in this Western Hudson Bay population, about half what it was 40 years ago, but that’s still close to one bear for every resident of Churchill.

There are about 600 polar bears in this Western Hudson Bay population, about half what it was 40 years ago, but that's still close to one bear for every resident of Churchill.

Since WCCO first visited Churchill in 1993, the polar bear population here has been cut in half, according to estimates shared by Polar Bears International.

Churchill is known as the polar bear capital of the world. Every year, the Hudson Bay - on the western edge of which the town is perched - thaws, and forces the bears on shore.

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada’s massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that’s on a low fat, low ice diet because of ...

Polar bear safaris serve up a rare opportunity to meet Arctic man-eaters under the northern lights. Colby J Brokvist Polar bears are the only mammal known to actively hunt humans. Still, every ...