Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With polar bears spending more and more time ashore in the Arctic because of melting sea ice from global warming, the chances of ...

Polar bears are showing up near Arctic communities more often, and headlines suggesting they are “hunting humans” have spread quickly across social media. The reality is far less dramatic but still ...

WASHINGTON — Some polar bears and their cubs already in danger of extinction could be legally killed by private oil-drilling ...

Polar bears depend on frozen ocean surfaces more than any other land predator. The ice functions as a platform where they hunt seals, their primary source of energy. Bears often wait beside breathing ...

PARK CITY, Utah — In the snowy subarctic wilds of northern Manitoba, the Inuit have a word for polar bears who’ve lost their fear of being around humans: avinnaarjuk, or “nuisance bear.” That’s a ...

More than 50 hungry polar bears invaded the Russian coastal village of Belushya Guba over a period of three months, attracted by the local dump. Some bears entered homes and businesses by ripping ...

Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above ...

In the northern corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba lies the small town of Churchill, colloquially known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World." Here, polar bears have become a common part ...