A video captured a polar bear charging at a person in Norway's Svalbard archipelago, forcing them to drop their gun and race away on a snowmobile.

A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to ...

Across the icy edges of Earth’s northern and southern reaches, life has adapted to thrive in some of the harshest conditions.

Blending seamlessly into its frosty winter surroundings, the camouflaged Arctic fox makes its rounds in search of lemmings or a fresh carcass left behind by a polar bear. Crafty, agile and well ...

A new study has revealed when and how animals like the woolly mammoth, musk ox, and arctic fox developed special adaptations ...

Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more prevalent. There followed a time when the continental ice sheets expanded and contracted ...

The findings, which offer a greater understanding of how species evolved in the past, were published in the journal Trends in ...

the polar bear is perfectly adapted for life on sea ice. Its thick fur, blubber, and specialized paws make it an efficient hunter of seals, its primary prey. Arctic Fox: This small but mighty ...

Animals don't see country borders." It helps that the Arctic fox is not controversial. Ehrich calls it "the mainland little brother" of the polar bear, which is found in only on the Svalbard ...

BREVOORT ISLAND, Canada (TMX) -- A worker at a radar station in the Canadian Arctic was killed last week in a rare attack by two polar bears, the Nasittuq Corporation, which operates the facility ...

With the Arctic warming up to four times faster ... Western Hudson Bay, and Fox Basin), suggesting that the bears are moving around Hudson Bay and encountering each other.