Polar bears, the iconic creatures of the Arctic, have a role that extends beyond their status as apex predators. They are vital contributors to the Arctic ecosystem, providing millions of kilograms of ...

Around 500,000 years ago (at least, by recent estimates), a subpopulation of the brown bear migrated northward, adapting to the frigid Arctic. At the time, this looked like a good bet—the Earth was ...

Polar bears are the largest land carnivores on Earth, capable of weighing over 1,300 pounds and standing more than 10 feet tall on their hind legs . Unlike many predators that avoid humans, hungry ...

Churchill, Canada — On the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers and scientists like Geoff York. The polar bear capital of the world ...

As you enjoy the holidays, take a minute to think about our threatened polar bears. Somewhere in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain, pregnant polar bears are curled up inside their dens ...

Living off one of the richest oceans in the Arctic, the polar bears by the Chukchi Sea appear to be thriving. Females are in good health and give birth to healthy cubs. Overall, this Alaskan ...

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada’s massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that’s on a low fat, low ice diet because of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kaila Yu is an LA-based luxury food, travel and culture journalist. In Churchill, Manitoba—where polar bears outnumber the 900 ...

Meet our story’s protagonist: a female polar bear. Displaced by shrinking sea ice in the Arctic, she was forced to wander south, deeper into the Canadian Northwest Territories. Here, our lady in white ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Late every summer, hulking white bears gather outside a tiny Alaska Native village on the edge of the continent, far above the Arctic Circle, to feast on whale carcasses left ...