In October 1955, a polar bear cub, just seven months old, arrived in Madras. It was named Snejhok, Russian for ‘little snow’. According to an article published in The Hindu on October 10 ...

The predator bolted but soon slumped into the snowdrifts, its broad frame motionless beneath the Arctic sky. The dramatic pursuit formed part of a pioneering research mission in Norway's Svalbard ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquiliser dart at a polar bear. The predator bolted but soon slumped into the ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer dart at a polar bear. The predator bolted but soon slumped into the ...

Nunavut’s new polar bear licence plates have been unveiled. Community Services Minister David Akeeagok held up the new design Tuesday during meetings with Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. at the Aqsarniit ...

However, a small population of people in Canada actually choose to live right in the heart of polar bear country! And it’s not just the humans who live there — their pets do too, as seen in ...

OSLO - A pioneering research mission is underway in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, where scientists, for the first time, took fat tissue biopsies from polar bears to study the impact of pollutants ...

The UK's oldest polar bear has been euthanised due to her deteriorating health, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has said. Victoria, who was 28, had been receiving geriatric care at the ...