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See first-ever photos of polar bears playing house in the Russian Arctic
By Mindy Weisberger published
A wildlife photographer recently captured images of polar bears like you've never seen them before: living in abandoned buildings in the Russian Arctic.

Brown bear wakes up from hibernation and kills 38 reindeer calves
By Patrick Pester published
Some "highly predatory" brown bears change habitats to target more reindeer and moose calves after emerging from hibernation in Sweden, a new study finds.

Polar bear parts are being smuggled around the world
By Patrick Pester published
Hundreds of bear parts and their derivatives, such as bile, have been smuggled into Australia and New Zealand since 2007, including polar bears.

Hungry grizzly bear photo-bombs camera trap in award-winning photo
By Patrick Pester published
A grizzly bear attacked a photographer's camera trap and the resulting image won the Animals in their Environment category at the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Polar bears could vanish by the end of the century, scientists predict
By Ben Turner published
If the ice disappeared during the summer, many creatures that rely on it would be driven to extinction, scientists warn.

Polar bears bash walrus skulls with boulders and ice blocks, study suggests
By Mindy Weisberger published
Do polar bears throw rocks at walruses' heads to stun and kill them, as centuries of anecdotes suggest? They might, scientists say.

Scientists extract ancient DNA from 32,000-year-old bear skull
By Nicoletta Lanese published
The DNA hints at when and how ice age brown bears once migrated to Japan's largest island.

Polar bears: The largest land carnivores
By Patrick Pester published
Polar bears are the largest bear species and are supremely adapted to their Arctic habitat, whether they are prowling the ice or swimming in the sea.
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