Polar bears are one of the largest mammals on land; only the African elephant can tower over the polar bear in this corner of ...

The bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enormous by any standard, but 747 trumps them all, earning the title of Fat ...

For example, the average polar bear reaches 6-8 feet tall, while Kodiak bears grow 8-10 feet tall on average. This means that Kodiak bears are taller than polar bears, though there have been some ...

Editor's Note: National Geographic went too far in drawing a definitive connection between climate change and a particular starving polar bear in the opening caption of our December 2017 video ...

More than 7,500 plungers dipped into the 35-degree waters of the ocean in Seaside Heights on Saturday afternoon to raise big ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, Feb. 1, marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. The fundraising event, in which individuals pledge $100 or more ...

Nearly 8,000 plungers will get freezing for a reason make the run into the Atlantic Ocean on the beach in Seaside Heights ...

Inuit people made sandals from polar bear pelts to move in almost complete silence across the ice. “I just thought: ‘Well, this is fascinating. How can this be?’” Holst said. So Holst ...

MORE: Prolonged ice-free periods putting Hudson Bay polar bear population at risk of extinction: Study The melting of the sea ice has shortened the polar bears' feeding season, which has resulted ...

Utah’s Hogle Zoo is twice the fun this February with a Polar Bear Celebration and a new addition of a giraffe calf! The zoo received a male ...