The Normalair Underwater Club hosted an event that saw divers go headfirst into the freezing water of the Emmarentia Dam.

A photo documenting a group of polar bears feasting on a dead whale captivated the judges.

Any time of year, troublesome bears that wander into town too often may be put into the polar bear jail — a big Quonset hut-style structure with 28 concrete-and-steel cells — before being ...

There's about 4,500 polar bears in the three Hudson Bay populations and 55,000 beluga whales. Together, that's more than 141 million pounds of fat large mammals.

The Arctic ecosystem of western Hudson Bay is shifting as the planet warms. It's affecting everything from microscopic zooplankton to massive polar bears.

There's about 4,500 polar bears in the three Hudson Bay populations and 55,000 beluga whales. Together, that's more than 141 million pounds of fat large mammals.

Beluga whales and Northern Lights: How world’s ‘polar bear capital’ is adapting to hotter climate A polar bear walks along rocks, 6 August 2024, near Churchill, Manitoba.

Churchill now bills itself as the polar bear capital of the world, and though it has no stoplights, it features upscale restaurants and plenty of independent hotels.

Orcas are fond of killing bowhead whales to eat only their tongue, leaving the rest of the carcass, which, in this case, left an incredible buffet for the polar bears. “What was most striking was how ...

Polar bears put on most of their fat reserves between late April and mid-July. An average polar bear can consume 4.4 pounds of fat a day (2 kg of fat a day). Why not eat the meat?