“Svalbard (and the Barents Sea area) has experienced a much faster loss of sea ice than other areas having polar bears,” Aars tells Popular Science. “The bears are not hunted, they have few competitors when on land, and they may have more alternative prey sources when on land than in most other areas.”

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.

Kali, now 13, was rescued as a cub in 2013 after residents of the Native Village of Point Lay, Alaska, discovered he’d been orphaned.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — The Polar Bear Plunge tradition at ECU has come to an end. “So it started in 1997 as a celebration of our grand opening, and now we’re on our 30th jump this year,” said Greg Corack,

HT at Sundance | Nuisance Bear presents an astutely observed and devastating look at one polar bear's fight for survival in an increasingly monitored landscape.

Wind chills will be in the single digits on Saturday morning as Marylanders plunge into the Bay to support Special Olympics Maryland. The winds will turn gusty as a snowstorm narrowly miss to the south.

ROYAL OAK, MI - A polar bear with an improbable survival story has just moved to Michigan. 13-year old Kali now calls the Detroit Zoo’s Arctic Ring of Life habitat his home.