Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sgt. Ian Van Nest is a conservation officer who keeps interactions between polar bears and humans minimal ...

A new study shows big increases in pathogen exposure since late 1980s, potentially adding more stress for polar bears in 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 ...

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland habitats. But they may be increasingly infected with germs and parasites ...

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 ...

Polar bears in some parts of the high Arctic are developing ice buildup and related injuries to their feet, apparently due to changing sea ice conditions in a warming Arctic. While surveying the ...

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 ...

Polar bears are getting horrific injuries on their feet – and it's all due to climate change, a new study warns. Scientists who studied the mammals in the Arctic over 10 years found ...

Population assessments have revealed that polar bears in Greenland are suffering from crippling wounds on their paws due to wet snow that gets stuck to the pads and freezes into blocks. When you ...

In the new study, researchers examined blood samples from polar bears in the Chukchi Sea in 1987–1994 and then three decades later, 2008-2017, looking for antibodies to six pathogens.

Welcome to the Top 3 Places to See Polar Bears in the Wild. Polar bears have a considerable cultural significance to the Inuit people of Northern Alaska, Canada, and Greenland, and even taught the ...

A polar bear walks on ice after pulling iself out of the Chukchi Sea on June 14, 2014. Even though the Chukchi Sea polar bear population has fared better than others in the rapidly warming Arctic ...