Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

Besides their obvious size differences ... In a study conducted from 1870 till the present time, polar bears attacked humans a total of 75 times, of which 20 resulted in fatalities.

Their size and power are enough to knock down ... While an unarmed human stands no chance against a polar bear, human activities have resulted in polar ice melting. Polar bears are losing the ...

In Churchill, northern Canada, a town known as the polar bear capital of the world, climate change could spell danger - for both bears and people. The region has seen its polar bear population ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear ... is about half that size. Although it is the sister species of the brown bear, it has evolved to occupy a narrower ecological niche, with many body ...

New research finds grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to ...

Polar bears in Western Hudson Bay have seen their population nearly halved over the last several decades, largely due to dwindling sea ice and limited hunting opportunities, according to the findings ...

A polar bear has been shot dead in a remote Icelandic village, the latest casualty of growing tensions between humans and the Arctic mammals. Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore ...