Can you imagine spotting a grizzly when you’re out enjoying nature? It would be heart-racing enough to spot one from a ...

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

I shudder to think how often I’ve courted disaster, unknowingly, like this. The episode drives home a stark truth: out here, who detects the other first can determine who survives. Alert, we become ...

Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses ...

Bear-illiant names for teddy bears, polar bears, brown bears and more!

Nuisance Bear’ tracks a polar bear’s fraught journey through human-dominated landscapes in Churchill, Manitoba.

In subzero winds, hypothermia announces itself in small, easy-to-miss ways. Here’s what one Nat Geo Explorer does to combat it in some of the coldest places on Earth.

In subzero winds, hypothermia announces itself in small, easy-to-miss ways. Here’s what one Nat Geo Explorer does to combat it in some of the coldest places on Earth.

Did you ever wonder how an animal as large as a polar bear or reindeer floats? The answer is hollow hair, a remarkable evolutionary adaptation in many cold-climate species. It provides insulation and ...

Hollow hairs are a key survival tool for Arctic animals, which have evolved to grow extraordinary weather-proof coats.

Occurred on November 5, 2021 / Diomede, Alaska, USA Info from Licensor: "I was in Diomede, Alaska when this recording took place. It was 10 o'clock in the morning when the bear came up to the village.