ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell said he has the best interest of polar bears at heart, but he doesn't intend to let the federal government's expanded protection for bears get in the ...

A polar bear chased several residents around a tiny, isolated Alaska Native whaling village, killing a mother and her 1-year-old son in an extremely rare attack before another community member ...

In 2023, a polar bear emerged from a snow squall and killed a woman and her young son in in Wales, Alaska, just below the Arctic Circle. The bear shot on Thursday was the first one seen in the ...

The first part of the genus name, nanuq, comes from the Iñupiaq language spoken by natives of northern Alaska and translates to the polar bear. The latter part, saurus, is from the Greek word for ...

The polar bears' close proximity to the town has also sparked a tourism boom. But, while locals are familiar with the roaming bears and know how to handle them, the town’s mayor worries the ...

A polar bear walks along the beach in Kaktovik, Alaska on Sept. 10, 2012. (Loren Holmes / ADN archive) A new report that highlights how changing climate affects travel safety and the abundance of ...

“The polar bears are a good indicator for what’s happening in the ecosystem,” said Karyn Rode, a research wildlife biologist at U.S. Geological Survey’s Alaska Science Center.

Alaska has black bears, brown bears — which include grizzlies — and polar bears. There are around 100,000 black bears and around 30,000 brown bears in Alaska, the state Department of Fish and ...

A lawyer arguing for the state of Alaska that polar bears are not a threatened species ran into skeptical appeals court judges Friday. Alaska, along with hunting groups and others, is appealing ...