A population of bears in Norway’s Arctic is confounding scientists’ expectations, getting fatter and healthier even as the sea ice melts rapidly.

Experts documented a rare case of one polar bear adopting another’s cub, offering an exciting moment of hope for the species.

In Churchill, Canada, polar bears gather by the hundreds in the fall, waiting for the nearby bay to freeze. The human ...

Churchill, Manitoba, is the best place in the world to see wild polar bears up close, and this journey delivers unforgettable encounters. Aboard a massive Polar Rover, the trip takes adventurers deep ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mother polar bear has made the decision to adopt - a move that scientists say is extremely rare - and the new family was caught ...

When scientists in Canada came across a female polar bear with two cubs in the fall, they made an unusual discovery: One of the young was not her own offspring but instead a rare documented example of ...

Researchers in northern Canada have observed a rare case of polar bear adoption, capturing video footage of a wild female bear caring for a cub that was not her own. "Cub adoption is relatively rare ...

A mother polar bear has made the decision to adopt - a move that scientists say is extremely rare - and the new family was caught on video. Researchers had tagged the five-year-old mother, also known ...