Polar bears live along shores and on sea ice in the icy cold Arctic. When sea ice forms over the ocean in cold weather, many polar bears, except pregnant females, head out onto the ice to hunt seals.

Over a century ago, a team of researchers set out to establish the first research station on Canada’s Ellesmere Island. Then tragedy struck. A typewritten object label accompanying this claw in the ...

National Geographic captures a tender moment between a polar bear mother and her cub in a photo by Martin Gregus Jr., as they wait for sea ice to return. 'Yes or no': Nat’s demand of minister A bridge ...

This "Moment on the Earth," from National Geographic's National Parks USA, spotlights bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park, ...

National Geographic captures a tender moment between a polar bear mother and her cub in a photo by Martin Gregus Jr., as they ...