Robert Edwin Peary, called "one of the greatest of all explorers," claimed to have been the first person to reach the North Pole on April ... with narwhal tusks, polar bear skins, fur rugs ...

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 ... from the North Pole to the Barents Sea.

Moved to Boston, where he took a job appraising buildings for an insurance company. Became so fascinated with the buildings’ designs that he decided he would become an architect. Enrolled at the ...

He's only days into his attempt to reach the North Pole-and things look as grim as they've ever been. Plaisted and his team of amateur explorers have endured fuel shortages, howling storms, and ...

Research camp on the arctic ice pack at the Geographic North Pole. Image via Matti&Keti ... from tiny zoo microscopic fishes to immense whales. The giant bear on the planet and the Arctic’s top hunter ...

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 UK’s oldest polar bear has been put to sleep after experiencing age-related health issues, as she was praised as " a joy to all" visitors. Victoria, aged 28, had been receiving geriatric ...

Icebreakers provide assured United States access and presence to the polar regions, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

MEP recently visited the territory that Donald Trump has firmly set his sights on, and found a defiant population.

CRAWFORD COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) — The Grayling City Council has decided not to proceed, at least for now, with a proposal to rename the city park after Fred Bear, a bow hunting pioneer.

What do you call a hybrid created when a grizzly bear and a polar bear mate? The answer might soon be common knowledge, as climate change has pushed these two species of bears together.