Christopher Best, a 34-year-old man, was fatally attacked by polar bears while working at a remote radar site in Canada in ...

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A study identifies that at least eleven species of vertebrates benefit from this carrion, including Arctic foxes and ravens.

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According to climate specialist, Rick Thoman, changes in Alaska’s Arctic Sea ice are impacting the environment and the climate that wildlife species call home. Thoman told Alaska’s News Source earlier ...

Como Park Zoo & Conservatory has a new resident. Astra, a four-year-old, 700-pound female polar bear, arrived Thursday night from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash. Upon arrival, the zoo ...

On this episode of The Great Outdoors, Charlie Potter explains why polar bear populations may not be in great peril after all ...

This story, “In the Jaws of the White Bear,” appeared in the April 1976 issue of Outdoor Life. The Boothia Peninsula is the northernmost point on the mainland of North America. It was there, in July ...

As part of Ujima’s “Healing the Healers” activation, 70+ people gathered on Inkwell Beach with the iconic Polar Bears to take part in a decades-old ritual. No photo can quite capture the true beauty ...

Joanna Lynne Kelley. Photo by Jennifer Feitosa. Growing up in the woods of Santa Cruz, Joanna Lynne Kelley was constantly exposed to the beauty and diversity of nature. Surrounded by the variety of ...

FAIRMONT— With 10 new starters on offense and nine new starters on the defensive side of the ball, the Fairmont Senior Polar Bears seemingly had no trouble defending their home turf in the first game ...

Longyearbyen, Norway, is the northernmost town in the world.ginger_polina_bublik/Shutterstock The world's northernmost town is Longyearbyen in the Norwegian ...