Polar Bear Credit: Getty Images Polar bear cubs, born blind and hairless in Arctic dens, rely on their mom’s warmth for months. They weigh just over one pound at birth, but grow fast on rich milk.

After a long winter in their den, a polar bear mother and her cubs emerge at the first signs of spring. It's a magical moment when the youngins experience the world for the first time--and ...

The San Diego Zoo has responded to a viral video of a polar bear that was drooling, panting, and appeared lethargic in its enclosure. The reason why might be surprising.

Man narrowly escapes on snowmobile after polar bear charges him A man chose to drop his gun and try to outrun a charging polar bear on a snowmobile in the Arctic town of Pyramiden on the Norwegian ...

Since WCCO first visited Churchill in 1993, the polar bear population here has been cut in half, according to estimates shared by Polar Bears International.

To a layperson, it’s footage of adorable polar bear cubs with their moms against the backdrop of endless Arctic snow. For researchers who study the animals, however, it’s a rare and incredibly ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.

ST. LOUIS — Kali, the polar bear often voted the favorite or best animal at the St. Louis Zoo, has been shipped out of town.

The Saint Louis Zoo announced Wednesday that they have exchanged one of their long-time resident polar bears for two young polar bear twins from Toledo.

Scientists have captured a rare new footage of polar bear cubs emerging from their dens for the first time. The footage shows a mother polar bear venturing out of her den in the Norwegian ...

Polar bear cubs are incredibly cute — and amazingly elusive. Their mothers dig dens under the snow in remote areas. Protecting cubs is key to the species’ survival. Under half of all polar bear cubs ...

To learn more about the process, the biologists placed cameras outside 13 known polar bear den sites in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago at the intersection of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.