Polar Bear

Venture into the icy Arctic and discover extraordinary wildlife, of these majestic and elusive animals who are used to this extreme cold habitat.

Rare polar bear seen in Iceland after eight years, shot dead by police

The bear approached a summer house, alarming the resident. An elderly woman was inside, frightened by the animal rummaging through her garbage.

International Polar Bear Day 2022 | In Churchill, Canada - the polar bear capital of the world

Nearly 900 polar bears come inland to Polar Bear Point in early winter, waiting for the Hudson Bay to freeze and for the seals – their favourite lunch – to pop their heads out of the breathing holes.

Polar bears set up home in abandoned 1930s Russian weather station. See pics

Photographer Dmitry Kokh said that there were around 20 polar bears, most of them males, that he could see walking around the abandoned building, which was built in the 1930s, in scenes that he described as a "once in a lifetime situation".

3,000 miles from Glasgow, a town and its polar bears face the future

In Churchill, an isolated town perched on the southern edge of the Arctic, climate change is not a looming danger. It imbues daily life. It is broken sewer lines and taller trees, longer summers and bigger snowstorms and moose where caribou used to go.

This is why a hotel in China with polar bears on show got criticism for animal cruelty

The use of parts of endangered species in traditional medicine remains rampant, and Chinese circuses and zoos are often criticised for poor standards in animal housing and care.