Image of polar bear with plastic hanging from its mouth shortlisted for Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024 award.

Spotting polar-grizzly bear hybrids in the wild can be tricky ... and getting DNA from a skull that had been sitting for three to five years outside just wasn’t really an option in the early ...

This polar plunger is not quite ready for Paris. Kova the polar bear may have been snubbed for a spot in the Olympics, but she’s making quite a splash in her hometown in Alaska — and is going ...

Polar bear attacks are rare, but can prove fatal to humans. Shutterstock “Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends, and colleagues affected by this loss,” the company added.

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. A polar bear accidentally killed another polar bear as zoo visitors watched on in a tragic case of rough play. A necropsy has shown that the polar ...

An orphaned young polar bear has tragically died while playfully fighting with his adoptive brother at Calgary zoo. Baffin, a seven-year-old bear was sparring in its enclosure with eight-year ...

marking at least the second fatal polar bear attack since last year. The attack took place Thursday at the outpost on Brevoort Island, in Canada's far northeastern Nunavut territory, said Nasittuq ...

Al Gore’s 2006 film, “An Inconvenient Truth,” depicted a sad cartoon polar bear floating away to its death. The Washington Post warned in 2004 that the species could face extinction ...

Calgary Zoo A polar bear has died after engaging in "rough play” with another polar bear at a Canadian zoo. The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo announced in a news release on Tuesday, July 23 ...

A polar bear drowned after his throat was crushed by a fellow bear during rough play at a zoo in western Canada, a necropsy has revealed. Baffin, seven, died at the Calgary Zoo on Friday after ...

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — A necropsy has shown that a polar bear at a zoo in western Canada died by drowning after his throat was crushed by a fellow bear in rough play considered normal for the ...

A beloved polar bear at a Canada zoo died suddenly by drowning this week. According to the Calgary Zoo in Calgary, Alberta, Baffin, a 7-year-old male polar bear, died by drowning following a ...