A photographer's iconic shots of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shines a spotlight on wider changes ...

"We saw one, then we saw another one, then 20 of them. And they all were inside this building." Abandoned since 1992, the ...

Having abandoned the island in 1992, the human population of this extremely remote island was soon replaced by a pack of ...

Polar bears are uniquely adapted to survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth. These majestic animals are ...

The meltdown extends beyond the Arctic. Antarctica recently flirted with a record low in its own annual sea ice minimum – ...

How much they weigh: From as little as 60 pounds (27 kilograms) to more than 1,700 pounds (771 kg) ...

A surprising discovery on a secluded Russian island has produced remarkable images of polar bears taking refuge in deserted ...

For a variety of reasons bears are waking up mid-hibernation in Alaska. Is this a temporary phenomenon or a portent of ...

"They're curious animals so we see them in structures ... been a more worrying trend across the Arctic, he says: as the sea ice melts, polar bears are increasingly approaching or wandering into ...

From the tiny, silly-looking sun bear to the iconic polar bear, these animals are specially adapted ... Polar bears are found only in icy parts of the Arctic, and pandas live only in wet and ...