Polar bear encounters with humans are a regular concern for scientists and communities near polar bear habitats, but new research is showing the bears' reasons for coming in contact with humans might ...

Any person who is familiar with the most elemental principles of biology knows that beneath the many trappings of civilization — the clothes, the careers, the indoor plumbing — we are, all of us, ...

Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. As the Arctic climate warms, some polar bears ...