As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

Give your teddy bear an extra snuggle on Sept. 9, it’s national Teddy Bear Day. This week, lets learn about bears. There are eight different types of bears in the world. In Colorado, there is only one ...

Residents of at least one prefecture are not looking over their shoulders as a steady stream of bear sightings are reported ...

A study identifies that at least eleven species of vertebrates benefit from this carrion, including Arctic foxes and ravens. There are between 22,000 and 26,000 polar bears in the world, distributed ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy ordered the Obama administration to reverse a 2007 decision to ...

Researchers say the findings, the first documented case of rising temperatures driving genetic change in a mammal, offer a "glimmer of hope" for the Arctic species, which is facing possible extinction ...

Bears look like textbook mammals, but hidden in their evolutionary history are two dramatic departures from the standard blueprint of growth and adaptation. For the first time, scientists have ...