Polar bear encounters with people are rare, but they can happen to people who live in, work in, or visit the Arctic. Here's how to stay safe.

A subadult brown bear walks on June 8, 2018, on a gravel bar in front of a lake in Katmai National Park and Preserve. Critics of the state's Mulchatna predator control program say it might be killing ...

Across the Arctic, one bear stands apart from all the others, not just in size but in how it looks at us. While most large ...

Blood samples from warm vs. cold Greenland bears reveal genetic patterns that could predict how polar bears respond to ...

An Alaska judge told the state it must halt a controversial predator control program that resumed for a third season over the weekend. State employees shot 11 brown bears in the roughly three days ...

LEVEA, Greece(AP) — It was a shocking sight for the farmer — three of his sheep lying dead on the ground, signs of their mauling unmistakable. The large paw prints in the earth left no doubt they had ...

LEVEA, Greece (AP) — It was a shocking sight for the farmer — three of his sheep lying dead on the ground, signs of their mauling unmistakable. The large paw prints in the earth left no doubt they had ...

Scientists say this year's surge in maulings is being driven by a fast-growing bear population, a bad acorn harvest and a ...