You might remember in science class learning about hibernation – a time when certain animals "sleep" for long periods ... days' worth of energy for a polar bear, according to the WWF.

Population assessments have revealed that polar bears in Greenland are suffering from crippling wounds on their paws due to wet snow that gets stuck to the pads and freezes into blocks.

Warming temperatures may be changing the ways ice forms, making it more likely to stick to and injure polar bears in two far ...

Among the stunning wildlife portraits are an image of a polar bear sleeping on an iceberg off Norway’s Svalbard archipelago and a photograph of two lionesses grooming one of the pride’s five ...

I did not sleep well for a long time afterward ... It was amazing to see them. I saw the polar bear breathing. I saw it licking the lens until the lens became blurry. I saw it prod the lens ...

A stunning image of a young polar bear drifting to sleep on an iceberg, by British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani, has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.

A polar bear has arrived at TV presenter Jimmy Doherty's zoo after being rescued from Sweden. Jimmy's Farm & Wildlife Park, near Ipswich, said female bear Ewa would have been put to sleep if they ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...

The Canadian town of Churchill has already had more than four times as many polar bear visitors this year compared with the same time last year, and many more could soon be on the way. The sisters ...