The strength and smarts it takes to be successful when food is hard to come by can become a little problematic when humans ...

As part of Polar Bear Week (Nov. 2-8), a new artificial intelligence-based system, which has been in a testing phase in the ...

Update: Astra made her Como debut on Monday, Oct. 13, by exploring the deep-water side of Polar Bear Odyssey. Get more updates on Como Park Zoo & Conservatory’s Facebook page. Como Park Zoo & ...

In a violent Arctic game of tug-of-war, several polar bears in northern Canada had to fend off an overly eager—and outnumbered—black bear vying for a meal. And the entire ordeal was captured on video.

MADISON, Wis. -- A new male polar arrived at the Henry Vilas Zoo on Friday. The zoo said Siku is here and thriving in his new ...

There's a new bear in town, bringing the number of polar bears at the Como Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota, to four. On Friday morning, zoo officials announced the arrival of 4-year-old Astra, who they ...

Polar Bear Week is a vital event that takes place each year during the first full week of November - this year from November ...

Climate change is transforming ecosystems in the far north. An international team of scientists has made some surprising discoveries. Ashild Onvik Pedersen, a scientist who is armed with a rifle in ...

On Wednesday evening, the newest resident of the Como Park Zoo arrived: a 4-year-old polar bear named Astra. Astra comes from the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington. Her move to the ...

The innovation is only one of several high tech operations looking for new ways to protect polar bears as climate change ...

A remote Arctic island once used as a Soviet weather station has become overrun by polar bears. On Kolyuchin Island, in Russia’s Chukchi Sea, dozens of bears now roam through abandoned buildings and ...

An environmental organization says Ontario’s Bill 5 puts the future of polar bears in the province at risk. The Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act repeals Ontario’s Endangered Species Act ...