The arrival of spring in Churchill, Manitoba, brings an exciting event: the emergence of baby polar bears from their dens for the first time. Born in December, these cubs begin to learn what it means ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 6—Over the past few months (August through November), bears across Montana have been preparing for hibernation. They get ...

"No matter how it happened, we do know that with a mother to protect it, feed it, and teach it how to be a polar bear, the cub’s chances of survival are far better now than if it was left on its own." ...

At first glance, polar bears look almost too cute to be real.They appear in cartoons hugging snowballs, sliding across ice or cuddling fluffy cubs. Their round ...

Polar bears in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas are spending dramatically more time on land than at any point in the modern ...

The changing climate poses a major threat to polar bear survival. But new research suggests that rising temperatures may be altering polar bear DNA in ways that help them adapt and endure in ...

With roughly 22,000 to 31,000 polar bears spread across 19 subpopulations, the latest data reveal a striking divide: while ...