With one foot braced on the helicopter’s landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

A pioneering mission in Norway's Svalbard archipelago involves taking fat tissue biopsies from polar bears to study the ...

Scientists have recreated the ancient habitat of dinosaurs that lived near the Antarctic Circle about 120 million years ago, ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter’s landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words ...

Polar Bear International warns that increased drilling in ANWR could significantly affect on-shore polar bear habitats in the region. The Coastal Plain region is the most important on-shore habitat ...

The dinosaurs that lived in this region are known as "polar dinosaurs ... plants migrate across the globe and colonize understorey habitats shortly after evolving. Increased competition also ...

As their natural habitat diminishes, they are more likely to come into contact with human settlements, increasing the risk of conflicts. Communities in polar bear regions can prevent attacks by ...

For Wang, who has already explored both polar regions on Earth, this mission offers a new perspective. He aims to observe these icy landscapes from space, while also emphasizing the importance of ...

From the tiny, silly-looking sun bear to the iconic polar bear, these animals are specially ... Alaska hibernate longer than brown bears in regions farther south.. During hibernation, a bear's ...