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 ...

COOPER ISLAND — On July 2, George Divoky woke with a polar bear right outside the cabin ... and not up here — wondering what gray-yellow-green is doing and if it’s still with white-red ...

"This study should also prompt a search for similar habitats across the current polar bear range ... "They simply look like a small yellow dot on the white ice, or you follow their tracks in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...