This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... the spirit bear, a walking contradiction—a white black bear. Neither albino nor polar bear, the spirit bear ...

The weather in Hudson Bay last year had positive and negative impacts for its polar bear populations. According to Polar Bears International (PBI), due to an unusual ice breakup in June ...

Debbie S. Miller is the author of many books about Alaska, including “A Polar Bear Journey” and “Midnight Wilderness: Journeys in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.” Visit her ...

Welcome to Nat Geo Your Shot: National Geographic’s global community for aspiring visual storytellers. Find the community on Instagram @NatGeoYourShot and follow along for hashtag challenges ...

(iStock / Getty Images) 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 ...

"Can I give you some polar bear advice?" asks Tee, a confident 13-year-old we meet during a visit to a high school in Churchill, Canada. "If there's a bear this close to you," she says as she ...

One of Vancouver's oldest traditions is back on Jan. 1, 2025. The city's first Polar Bear Swim took place on Jan. 1, 1920, and almost every year since, hundreds, if not thousands, have gathered at ...