The victims of a polar bear attack on Tuesday in the remote Alaskan village of Wales include a 24-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son. According to a press release by the Alaska Department of ...

However, polar bears very rarely attack humans, because, well… there are few humans in their habitat in the first place. The states with the most prominent bear populations are Alaska ...

A photographer's iconic shots of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes in their behaviour.

The woman was severely injured and was being treated at a hospital, police said. Watch polar bear attack woman » It's unclear why the woman entered the bear habitat, but police issued her a ...

They live in areas north of the Arctic Circle, including Greenland, Canada, Alaska, Russia ... species with an uncertain future. Polar bears rarely attack humans. Researchers reviewed polar ...

Almost as scary as the story is the science behind the attack. Climate change is adversely affecting the amount of Arctic ice, a.k.a polar bear hunting grounds, forcing the bears, which can be as ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Biden administration issued a final rule today allowing oil and gas companies operating in the Beaufort Sea and Western Arctic to harass polar bears and Pacific walruses when ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The Biden administration issued a proposed rule today allowing oil companies operating in the Beaufort Sea and Western Arctic to harass polar bears and Pacific walruses when ...

Polar bears range across the Arctic Ocean, in parts of Canada, Alaska, Russia, Greenland and Norway (Svalbard). They can walk on ice or swim long distances to find food or breed – sometimes roaming ...