Researchers have captured extremely rare footage of polar bear cubs leaving their snowy dens for the first time. The footage, taken on the Norwegian archipelago Svalbard, shows a mother polar bear ...

Adult males can reach shoulder heights of about 5 feet (1.5 meters). Though a polar bear can be taller when standing on its hind legs, the Kodiak bear tends to have more robust builds with ...

Researchers found compounds produced in polar bear skin that were as ice resistant as PFAS, offering potential novel ...

Remote cameras were deployed in the Arctic mountains across nearly a decade; Valuable footage of moms and cubs emerging from ...

Scientists combined satellite collars and cameras to study polar bear denning, showing how cubs adapt before leaving.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Some of 2461 polar swimmers get out of the water after breaking a ...

She never had cubs but the zoo said Haley was known for being a "bright, inquisitive bear who enjoys enrichment, especially ...

Julian Carolan says researchers are looking at polar bear grease because it repels ice. That property could help replace the harmful forever chemicals currently used in non-stick cookware.

Haley, the 22-year-old polar bear, left Memphis Zoo in Tennessee over the weekend in preparation for her new home in Michigan. Lately, two polar bears have been part of the Detroit Zoo collection, a ...

and weigh just half a kilo (1.1 lb). They emerge from their birthing dens between February and April of each year. The research, published on International Polar Bear Day in the Journal of Wildlife ...

Manitoba has rescinded polar bear viewing vehicle permits for an ecotourism company owned by a candidate vying to lead the ...