In a rare encounter, a polar bear was spotted near a remote cottage in Iceland-a sighting that quickly turned dangerous.

However, spectacled bears are endangered due to multiple threats, including hunters killing them for their private parts, claws and body fat. One particular breed could even be extinct in the next ...

Two-thirds of the world's polar bears could be extinct by 2050 if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears ...

Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published on Monday that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime.

These amazing images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show the Arctic animals at their fierce but adorable best ...

Polar bears are listed as vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with climate change a key factor in their decline. Polar Bear International Female ...

A federal judge said USDA’s Wildlife Services failed to take a “hard look” at the effect of predator damage and conflict ...

Four endangered bears have been rehomed in Yorkshire after being transported more than 5,400 miles from Japan. Riku, Kai, Hanako and Amu had been living in cramped conditions at a museum on the ...