A key polar bear population fell nearly by half in the past decade, a new U.S.-Canada study found, with scientists seeing a dramatic increase in young cubs starving and dying.
Researchers chiefly blame shrinking sea ice on global warming.
Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and Environment ...
Polar bears adapted to life in cold Arctic climates in part by relying on a high-fat diet mainly consisting of seals and their blubber. In a study published by Cell Press May 8th in the journal Cell, researchers discovered that mutations in genes involved in cardiovascular function allowed pola...
American Environmental groups get involved to make sure Canada enforces its own laws against hunting of polar bears.
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, November 30, 2012 (ENS) – A petition from an American environmental group alleging Canada’s failure to protect polar bears under Canadian law will move...
A Canadian senator has launched a campaign to replace the industrious beaver with the indomitable polar bear as Canada's national emblem, saying the incumbent is "a dentally defective rat."
Conservative Senator Nicole Eaton delivered her damning criticism in the Senate on Thursday, noting t...