The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastructure, but years of neglect have left them ...

Even apex predators can become prey. Here’s how orcas are flipping the script on the ocean’s most feared predator: the great ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Growing up in Canada, I always considered the Arctic part of my ...

A lover of animal photography, Christopher Best posted a photo of a polar bear on his Instagram page the day before his death Christopher Best/Facebook A 34-year-old man died after he was attacked by ...

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 28, 2025) – A new study published in the scientific journal Oikos reveals for the first time the critical role polar bears play as carrion providers for Arctic species. Researchers ...

Polar bears act as "crucial" providers of food for other Arctic species, reveals new research. The iconic mammals - officially classified as "vulnerable" - annually provide millions of kilos of meat, ...

(AP) — Polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia’s far eastern coast were intimately captured in drone footage by Vadim Makhorov. The photographer was filming the ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Henry Vilas Zoo will soon welcome a male polar bear to Madison. The zoo posted on its Facebook page that a polar bear named Siku will be coming to the zoo. He will join Nora and ...

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 ...

Polar bears that have taken over an abandoned polar research station off Russia’s far eastern coast were intimately captured in drone footage by Vadim Makhorov. The photographer was filming the ...