Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

since she was about to run it dressed as a polar bear. But the PE teacher, from Worcestershire, not only crossed the finish line in under five hours, she set the world record for the fastest ice ...

Polar bears hunt from the sea ice, which is diminishing every year, and the photography team are certain the unfortunate animal died within days. "This is what starvation looks like," wrote one of ...

Frostpaw the polar bear with the melting ice bear. Artist Mark Coreth and his team from the Ice Bear Project carved this beautiful polar bear out of ice on December 5, 2009, in Copenhagen’s Nytorv ...

Delawareans have been jumping into the Atlantic Ocean in February to benefit Special Olympics Delaware, but this one could be ...

He told me that scientists classify polar bears as marine mammals – like whales, dolphins and other mammals that live in the ocean. “They’re reliant on the sea ice that occurs over the Arcti ...