Don't walk alone at night. Churchill is known as the polar bear capital of the world. Every year, the Hudson Bay - on the western edge of which the town is perched - thaws, and forces the bears on ...

ST. LOUIS — Kali, the polar bear often voted the favorite or best animal at the St. Louis Zoo, has been shipped out of town. The heart-tugging 12-year-old massive ball of white fluff was sent to ...

I'm not sure why the town has kept this tradition, but it's one of many rules that make life in Svalbard different from the mainland. Polar bears are a constant presence in Svalbard, and keeping ...

A WWF-supported patrol in the community of Ittoqqortoormiit, on the east coast, has encountered 20 polar bears in town in the past three months - more than twice the number of conflicts recorded in ...