According to the U.S. Library of Congress, the largest bear species on the planet is the polar bear. However, per the source, a Kodiak bear is likewise considered bigger in other respects.

An unforgettable sight at the mouth of the Seal River —watching a polar bear mom with her two cubs walking across the rocks! We also saw them swimming, cooling off in the water and just being ...

For Van Nest, the provincial officer, the group he came upon that day was plenty safe from a bear about 300 yards (meters) away. He said the bear was “putting on a bit of a show” for the tourists.

The polar bears near Churchill, Manitoba -- a town in central Canada along the Hudson Bay considered to be the polar bear capital of the world -- are the world's most studied sub population ...

A polar bear walks along the beach in Kaktovik, Alaska on Sept. 10, 2012. (Loren Holmes / ADN archive) A new report that highlights how changing climate affects travel safety and the abundance of ...

To learn more about the process, the biologists placed cameras outside 13 known polar bear den sites in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago at the intersection of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans ...

Scientists have discovered the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur -- something that allows one of the planet's most iconic animals to survive and thrive in one of its most punishing climates ...

While global polar bear numbers are estimated between 22,000 and 31,000, the impact of climate change isn’t uniform. Some subpopulations, like those in western Hudson Bay, are in steep decline.