Police in Canada are investigating the bizarre theft of a taxidermy polar bear weighing some 500lb (225kg) from a resort near Edmonton. The bear, standing some 12ft (3.6m) tall, is believed to ...

As recently as 70,000 years ago, polar bears developed key features to help them survive in extreme arctic conditions. A team ...

This story appears in the August 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. Not every feat of taxidermy qualifies as art. But as the art of taxidermy has endured and evolved, it has given form to ...

Rumors that some crew members engaged in cannibalism haunted Greely. This taxidermy polar bear is a favorite attraction. It was a gift from actor Rudolph Valentino, who hunted the animal on the ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...

A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday ...

Polar bear safaris serve up a rare opportunity to meet Arctic man-eaters under the northern lights. Colby J Brokvist Polar bears are the only mammal known to actively hunt humans. Still ...

A father died protecting his children in a rare polar bear attack in Canada's northernmost territory of Nunavut. Aaron Gibbons, 31, was on Sentry Island, a popular fishing and hunting spot on the ...

A polar bear has been shot dead in a remote Icelandic village, the latest casualty of growing tensions between humans and the Arctic mammals. Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...