An official photo description reveals what happened before the bear settled into the field of Arctic flowers, allowing Paetkau to capture the "surreal" winning shot.

A photo of a polar bear sleeping in a bed of flowers in the Arctic won the 2024 Nature Photography Contest, the competition announced in March 2025. Taken by photographer Christopher Paetkau, the ...

Snoozing in flower beds? Behold the bears of summer A photographer spends two months in the Canadian Arctic and reveals a softer side of the world’s largest terrestrial predator.

This polar bear looks pretty in pink as he relaxes among a field of flowers. Kicking back, the bear forgot about his worries and his strife by lounging around with his legs in the air on this ...

A photo of a polar bear lying on its stomach and keeping its head on a small bed of ice is going viral on social media, sparking concerns about the animal's well-being.

Chinese animal rights groups urge liberation of Pizza, the ‘world’s saddest polar bear,’ who is kept in a tiny cage in a shopping mall.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Zoo announced that its beloved polar bear, Klondike, has died. The 34-year-old female was euthanized Friday morning due to her declining health, the zoo said.

In 2016, a shopping mall in the southern city of Guangzhou attracted global condemnation after videos emerged of a polar bear name Pizza, lying on her side in a glass-walled enclosure.

A polar bear, described as sick and starving, wandered into the Russian city Norilsk, searching the streets and a local garbage dump for food, reports say.

A hotel that bills itself as the world’s first “polar bear hotel” has opened in China’s far northeastern Heilongjiang province, drawing both guests and criticism for its central feature ...

A polar bear peacefully snoozing in a pillowy bed of flowers beat out some amazing shots to win the Nature Photography Contest! The winner of the second annual international photography ...