Polar bears are natural swimmers and are the only bear in the world considered marine animals. In fact, their scientific name is Ursus maritimus, which means “sea bear.”They can cover long ...

In October 1955, a polar bear cub arrived in Madras. But it died in the summer of 1959, though it was housed in a ‘polar weather enclosure’ June 13, 2025 e-Paper ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer dart at a polar bear.

The incident took place on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard on April 27, when the man attempted to scare the polar bear away by firing a warning shot, but it charged towards him.

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 ...

The research team installed time-lapse cameras facing the entrance of each suspected polar bear den. (K.T. Miller/Polar Bears International), Author provided (no reuse) A feat of endurance ...

During this period, the polar bear population in this region has declined by nearly 50 per cent. The monitoring data shows the average size of polar bears is also in decline.

Polar bears have a hidden-in-a-plain-sight superpower that anyone who has watched a wildlife documentary could have spotted: ice doesn’t stick to their fur. This has long been known to ...

People plunge into freezing Lake Michigan during Chicago Polar Bear Club 24th annual Polar Plunge event at Oak Street Beach on Jan. 25, 2025. The event was sold out after selling 1,000 tickets.

The New Year's Polar Bear Plunge in White Rock, B.C., drew a crowd estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000 people. This year marked the 55th anniversary of the event.

FORT SEVERN, ON — A man is recovering from serious injuries after leaping onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled by the animal, according to police in Canada’s Ontario province.

A husband has been seriously injured after trying to protect his wife from a polar bear attack in Fort Severn First Nation, Ontario, Canada, police confirmed.