Researchers have recently discovered something astonishing. Not only have there been changes in polar bears’ DNA, but it appears to have a direct correlation with where they live. Specifically, polar bears in warmer climates seem to have developed adapted DNA in a somewhat new survival mechanism to deal with our heating planet.

Polar bears are one of the most majestic, yet fearsome animals on the planet. The largest living species of bear and the largest land carnivore, the polar bear is closely related to the brown bear. So much so, in fact, the two species can interbreed.

A polar bear feasts on a seal it captured in the receding tide along the Hudson Bay Lowlands. Ryan St. John peers through his binoculars on the shore of Hudson Bay near his home community of Arviat, Nunavut, an Inuit village of 3,000 residents in north ...

In a single year, one polar bear can leave roughly 300 kilograms of prey for other animals to dine on. Altogether, the carnivores provide 7.6 million kilograms of carrion for scavengers throughout the Arctic, researchers estimate. The findings, reported ...

Brookfield Zoo is set to welcome a new animal to its facility later this year, as a female polar bear will make her debut in coming months. Amelia Gray is an 8-year-old female polar bear, and she will be arriving at Brookfield Zoo after spending the first ...