Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

The chilling waters of the Susquehanna River worked its magic on Paula Snyder in 2023. Snyder, 74, of Lewisburg, said she is participating in the 21st Annual Lewisburg Polar Bear Plunge on Saturday ...

New research finds that grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant ...

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear ...

Wesley Sarmento was the first prairie-based bear manager at Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, a job that regularly put him ...

David Attenborough cameraman Gordon Buchanan was once moments from death after a polar bear decided to attack as he filmed in Svalbard in the Arctic Circle for a BBC series.

A polar bear ... eat me. That's seldom bothered me, however, because I know I'm far more likely to be killed by just about anything else. Put it this way: if you combine the average number of ...

This makes a prime spot to witness and study polar bears in their natural habitat. Some 40 years ago, people realized they should celebrate the animal. “There was just a group of wildlife enthusiasts ...

Victoria has been at the Highland Wildlife Park since 2015 Victoria is the oldest of four polar bears kept ... "In the wild they eat seals. "We cannot feed them seals, but we do try to emulate ...

The onlookers seem concerned, trying to figure out how to assist the bear without putting themselves in danger. Thalarctos Maritimus (Ursus maritimus) commonly known as Polar bear swimming under water ...

Polar bears at the Louisville Zoo are now interacting with each other just in time for breeding season. It's been a long process to get to this point, and there is still more work to do ...

Polar bear mother with cubs. Image by SURZet via Depositphotos. While polar bears are adapting, the new food sources do not fully meet their caloric needs. This dietary insufficiency leads to weight ...