Churchill is a remote Canadian town that not only lives with polar bears next door, but loves them. That's because the ...

In Churchill, Manitoba—where polar bears outnumber the 900 human residents—there's more to discover than just wildlife.

Study reveals dramatic increases since the late 1980s, signaling potential future stress for bears already coping with a ...

When you have people disembarking from the vehicle you should have a bear monitor,” Van Nest, a conservation officer for the province of Manitoba, cautions as the tourists gaze at a polar bear ...

While the polar bears roam across the Canadian tundra, we can watch them whenever we want. Talk about a window into their world. According to the Polar Bears International website, whether it's ...

A video shared on social media in mid-November 2024 purportedly showed a boat crew rescuing a polar bear cub. The footage starts with the animal dangling off the side of a ship before its human ...

Sgt. Ian Van Nest is a conservation officer who keeps interactions between polar bears and humans minimal. It's been over a decade since the last polar bear attack in Churchill, a remote Canadian town ...

2. Their white fur and black skin absorb heat, while their thick layer of fat (up to 4 inches) keeps them warm in freezing temperatures ...