Runners participating in the North Pole Marathon are wasting no second of their training even if they are on a ship. Ahead of the annual marathon on July 13 (Sunday), the competitors have been ...

Alaska is known as the Last Frontier State thanks to the vast untouched and unexplored areas within its borders that have ...

Going through line-up changes throughout the years, the band's frontman Gary Lightbody now remains the only original member ...

The first time Chris Tarrant was nearly killed by a bear he had a terrible hangover. 'I lay down and fell asleep by a path in the woods. I woke up to find a huge Russian brown bear standing over me.' ...

Indigenous residents of Churchill in Canada’s Manitoba province have coexisted with polar bears for thousands of years, emphasizing respect for the animals and staying out of their way. The ...

A shocking video from the Arctic is going viral on social media – it shows a man running through the snow with a polar bear chasing him. The short but intense clip highlights how unpredictable ...

A total 2,461 bathers braved the frigid waters of the Czech Republic's second-largest lake to break a world record for the largest polar bear dip.

A photographer's iconic shots of polar bears in abandoned buildings on a Russian island shine a spotlight on wider changes in their behaviour.

Advances in monitoring polar bear mothers and cubs gives insights into denning behaviour and vulnerabilities.

Researchers captured rare footage of polar bear cubs emerging from dens in Svalbard, Norway, using nearly a decade of remote camera data to reveal new insights about den emergence and post ...

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

Running away from a charging polar bear is – perhaps counterintuitively - dangerous. A bear's instinct is to chase prey and polar bears can run at 25mph (40kmph).