We were camped in the Northwest Territories conducting research when our camp dog started barking. Then the polar bear ...

Researchers reviewed polar bear attacks beginning in the 1870s and found most bears involved were thin and likely starving, suggesting they attacked out of desperation.

Gordon Buchanan, a wildlife cameraman of 30 years who has worked with David Attenborough, was almost mauled to death by a hungry polar bear ...

Signs - in shops and cafes - remind anyone heading outside to be "bear aware". My favourite reads: "If a polar bear attacks you must fight back." ...

Signs - in shops and cafes - remind anyone heading outside to be "bear aware". My favourite reads: "If a polar bear attacks you must fight back." Running away from a charging polar bear is ...

The bear attacked the woman, pinning her to the ground. Her husband leapt on top of the animal to save her from what is a rare attack, the Nishnawbe Aski police service said in a news release.

A fearless Canadian has thrown himself on top of a polar bear to protect his wife in the country's far north.

A man is recovering from serious injuries after leaping onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled by the animal, according to police in Canada’s Ontario province.

A husband has been seriously injured after trying to protect his wife from a polar bear attack in Fort Severn First Nation, Ontario, Canada, police confirmed.

A man who "leapt onto" a polar bear to protect his wife from the attacking animal is expected to recover from serious injuries he sustained, police say.

A man who “leapt on” a polar bear to save his wife from an attack sustained serious injuries but is expected to fully recover, authorities in Canada’s remote Ontario said. The couple in the ...

Polar bear attacks on humans are rare, but they can occur under certain circumstances. If sea ice is scarce or food is unavailable, a hungry bear might approach humans or settlements in search of ...