PARK CITY, Utah — In the snowy subarctic wilds of northern Manitoba, the Inuit have a word for polar bears who’ve lost their fear of being around humans: avinnaarjuk, or “nuisance bear.” That’s a ...

Sundance: In Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden's documentary, the "Polar Bear Capital of the World" takes center stage. So too does a pesky young bear, who becomes emblematic of something much ...

Bears look like textbook mammals, but hidden in their evolutionary history are two dramatic departures from the standard blueprint of growth and adaptation. For the first time, scientists have ...

In the northern corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba lies the small town of Churchill, colloquially known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World." Here, polar bears have become a common part ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High in the mountains of the Pyrenees, brown bears are being airdropped back into the wild, following more than two decades of ...