From the tiny, silly-looking sun bear to the iconic polar bear, these animals are specially adapted to different environments, including forests, mountains, icy tundra, deserts and swamps.

Look no further! Polar bear crafts are the perfect combination of creativity and education, allowing kids to explore their ...

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 ...

One of the polar bears we knew to predate on reindeer was an incredible young cub with a unique story and known locally as “the Grinch”. So named for her love for preying on reindeer ...

The 22nd annual Polar Bear Challenge, hosted by Make-A-Wish Idaho ... and it's going to help us make over 14 wishes come true for wish kids," Sanders said. Make-A-Wish Idaho is based in the ...

Dmitry Kokh captured polar bears looking out of the windows of an abandoned weather station on Kolyuchin Island in Russia (Credit: Dmitry Kokh) A photographer's iconic shot of polar bears in ...

The York Polar Bears offer people with special needs the chance to shine on the ice, creating an inclusive and fun hockey ...

Editor's Note: National Geographic went too far in drawing a definitive connection between climate change and a particular starving polar bear in the opening caption of our December 2017 video ...

A sneak peak of a new episode of National Geographic's Incredible Animal Journeys shows two polar bear cubs exploring the outdoors for the first time Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around Earth chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator — a plush white *polar* bear. But given that the four-member Fram2 crew is ...