Just 13 years after gray wolves were re-introduced into the lower 48 states, they're going off the Endangered Species List. At the same time, polar bears may go on the list—because of dangers that lie ...

A study identifies that at least eleven species of vertebrates benefit from this carrion, including Arctic foxes and ravens. There are between 22,000 and 26,000 polar bears in the world, distributed ...

A Russian Arctic archipelago on Saturday declared an emergency situation over an "invasion" of dozens of aggressive polar bears that have entered homes and public buildings. Russia's northeastern ...

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Zoo has launched a new conservation initiative that will help support research, fieldwork, and outreach for wild polar bears and the people living amongst them. The St. Louis ...

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 28, 2025) – A new study published in the scientific journal Oikos reveals for the first time the critical role polar bears play as carrion providers for Arctic species. Researchers ...

Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. Between 2011 and 2021, research colleagues and I ...

The sale of 72,000 acres in leases is nonetheless a step toward extraction in the wilderness home to caribou and polar bears.

Deep in the ice-covered peaks of Norway lies the sleepy Arctic village of Svalbard. With fewer than 3,000 residents, its inhabitants are primarily wildlife. Arctic foxes scurry from their burrows, ...

Sometimes the internet delivers exactly what you need: a moment of pure joy that also reminds you there’s something bigger going on in the world. That’s precisely what happened when the Oregon Zoo ...

A quietly haunting photograph of a polar bear mother and her three cubs resting along the Hudson Bay coast in Canada has been shortlisted for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People’s ...