A new book by well-known polar bear scientist, arctic ecologist and long-time WWF advisor, Dr Ian Stirling, compresses the major discoveries of the last 40 years of research on polar bears into a ...

WWF does not lobby for or work to support or promote the polar bear fur trade, and we have been actively seeking amendments to inaccuracies in a recent piece published in The Guardian. Hunting is a ...

Polar bears are one of the most majestic, yet fearsome animals on the planet. The largest living species of bear and the largest land carnivore, the polar bear is closely related to the brown bear. So ...

When it comes to Arctic apex predators, the polar bear is the first animal that typically comes to mind. It’s a top predator, feasting on seals and occasionally other sea mammals. Its hunting skills ...

Species either adapt or die. This is the basis for extinction, and why many animals eventually succumb to various factors that threaten their existence. In some rare cases, however, a species responds ...

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland habitats. But they may be increasingly infected with germs and parasites, too.

Three members of a family, including a child, were injured by a polar bear in a rare attack in the far north of Siberia, Russian officials said Monday. Local police "received a report of a polar bear ...

Population assessments have revealed that polar bears in Greenland are suffering from crippling wounds on their paws due to wet snow that gets stuck to the pads and freezes into blocks. When you ...

Warming temperatures may be changing the ways ice forms, making it more likely to stick to and injure polar bears in two far north populations. Temperatures in the Arctic region are warming more ...