A 34-year-old technician working with the Nasittuq Corporation's North Warning System in northern Canada was mauled to death ...

A Canadian radar technician was mauled to death by a pair of polar bears as he took photos of them while working at a remote ...

Christopher Best, 34, was mauled to death by two polar bears at an Arctic radar site on Brevoort Island in August last year.

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Polar bears are more than hunters as their leftovers feed many Arctic animals, forming a vital food web threatened by melting sea ice.

Polar bears, the iconic creatures of the Arctic, have a role that extends beyond their status as apex predators. They are ...

A new study published in the journal Oikos reveals for the first time the critical role polar bears play as carrion providers ...

"I think a lot of what we have today will be lost," said Norwegian ecologist Jon Aars, who has studied polar bears for over ...

It's estimated that polar bears leave behind around 7.6 million kilos of their prey annually, creating a "massive and vital" ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service updated rules governing how much Arctic oil drilling can bother the Beaufort Sea’s protected polar bears. The Fish and Wildlife Service revised the rules Wednesday ...

In a single year, one polar bear can leave roughly 300 kilograms of prey for other animals to dine on. Altogether, the carnivores provide 7.6 million kilograms of carrion for scavengers throughout the ...