Polar bears are apex predators with a hunting strategy built around high-calorie prey like seals, but extreme conditions can push them to consider alternative food sources. In rare cases, humans may ...

The large amounts of melting sea ice due to rising global temperatures are impacting polar bears' ability to hunt for seals, forcing them to adapt to new ways of finding food. However, these ...

Aromatic attractants like meat caches, campsites, cooking areas, and sled-dog yards also lure them with the reward of food.

Polar bears near the remote archipelago of Svalbard are getting heavier, not thinner, even as the sea ice they depend on continues to shrink. New research points to conservation history as a key ...

More than 50 hungry polar bears invaded the Russian coastal village of Belushya Guba over a period of three months, attracted by the local dump. Some bears entered homes and businesses by ripping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polar bears are divided into 19 recognized subpopulations, each facing different environmental pressures within the Arctic ...