Every year a small town in Canada gets a sudden influx of polar passersby as the world’s largest bear (that begins life as a fluffy stick of butter) embarks on its annual migration. The big move ...

The top 10 largest bear species, ranked by size and weight, range from the polar bear, standing up to 10 feet tall and ...

"The man who leapt onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled is recovering from serious injuries to his arm and ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...