A study identifies that at least eleven species of vertebrates benefit from this carrion, including Arctic foxes and ravens.

Many of nature’s apex predators guard their dinner from scavengers until they’ve gobbled up every last morsel and licked the ...

A new study shows how much food polar bears leave behind — and how their decline threatens scavengers across the Arctic.

A recent preprint study used epigenetic clocks, a marker of “biological age,” to find that polar bear populations are aging more quickly than previous generations did, suggesting melting sea ice is ...

A segment of the polar bear population is at risk of extinction should ice-free periods continue to get longer, researchers have determined using analysis of the sea ice as well as the health of the ...

A viral video has captured a group of polar bears taking over an abandoned research station off Russia's far eastern coast — ...

A new law that scraps key wildlife protections in Ontario, Canada, is causing outrage from conservationists, who said the ...

Polar bears are one of the most important apex predators in the Arctic. Their presence helps to keep the populations of aquatic animals, such as seals and walruses, in check. Were they not there, ...

Siku, a 15-year-old male polar bear, is moving in the coming weeks to Madison, Wisconsin — home, of course, of the University of Wisconsin Badgers.

Expert predicts two-thirds of polar bear population could disappear in 50 years. Nov. 15 2013— -- The town of Churchill in Manitoba, Canada, is known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World," ...

Como Park Zoo & Conservatory has a new resident. Astra, a four-year-old, 700-pound female polar bear, arrived Thursday night from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. Upon arrival, the zoo ...