One of the most attractive critters at the zoo splashes through frigid waters: polar bears, the beauties of the Arctic Circle. Most humans will never see a polar bear in the wild. So, we have to rely on places like zoos to witness these incredible mammals.

This study was funded by grants from the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S011188/1) and the European Research Council (SELECTHAPLOID - 101001341) The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in the last 125,000 years, and temperatures continue to rise.

Svalbard’s chubby bears upend catastrophe talk—echoing Trump’s swagger and Gates’s pivot to adaptation.

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Drone footage by photographer Vadim Makhorov shows the polar bears looking out windows and relaxing on porches AP Photo/Vadim Makhorov A group of polar bears recently moved into an abandoned research station on Russia's Kolyuchin Island Photographer Vadim ...

MADISON (WKOW) — Dane County’s Henry Vilas Zoo is gearing up to welcome a new furry friend. Nora, a female polar bear from the Oregon Zoo, will soon join Berit, the 26-year-old bear already in Madison. The plan is for Nora to eventually meet a male ...