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

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 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has estimated that there have been sharp declines in Alaska's polar bear population. Alaska polar bears face serious threats because of rising global temperatures ...

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, ...

Science fiction is filled with cool gadgets, but sometimes real life mirrors the movies as scientists invent new toys for monitoring and moving around. Just look at Polar Bears International (PBI), ...

Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has approved the state’s first regulated black bear hunt since 2015 ...

The 4-year-old polar bear named Astra at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium will be relocated to another facility in the midwest, the zoo announced in a release. Guests are invited to say their ...

ST. LOUIS — A male polar bear is leaving the Saint Louis Zoo and heading across the country. The zoo said Kallik will move to the Oregon Zoo in Portland later this fall. "The moves are part of a ...

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 ...

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," ...