Life in the Arctic is harsh and unforgiving, but the polar bear has perfected survival in one of the most extreme ...

“There’s no one thing that says ‘OK this is habitat for a polar bear, therefore the wetland mitigation ratio is X,’” says Sheila Newman, chief of the Special Actions Branch, ...

Some Manitoba researchers are looking into the potential impact and overlap of wildfires with polar bear denning habitat.

A U.S. court in Alaska has overturned a federal rule aimed at protecting polar bear habitat in the Arctic, handing a victory to the oil and natural-gas industry. Grist thanks its sponsors.

Polar bears live on sea ice but that habitat is slowly disintegrating. Juliet Eilperin of The Washington Post, and Dr. Jeffrey Bonner, President and CEO of the St. Louis Zoo, talk to David Greene ...

The Obama administration is setting aside 187,000 square miles in Alaska as a "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas.

The zoo’s last surviving polar bear, Blizzard, died in May, and the polar bear habitat is currently closed. Blizzard, 26, was humanely euthanized after suffering a rapid decline from liver ...

Quick facts about bears. Where they live: The Americas, Europe and Asia What they eat: Plants, fish, bugs and small mammals How much they weigh: From as little as 60 pounds (27 kilograms) to more ...

DENVER — When the Denver Zoo split up and moved its polar bear couple, grizzly bears living there were ready to gobble up the prime real estate their neighbors left behind. Cranbeary, a 16-year ...

Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is taking initial steps in improving its polar bear habitat, which is anticipated to be home to new inhabitants next summer. The polar bear exhibit opened ...

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Wednesday, the St. Louis Zoo showed off new details for the planned opening of Polar Bear Point habitat in 2015. The state of the art McDonnell Polar Bear Point, will feature ...