Portland’s senior polar bear sister just may be Olympic-ready, at least according to the comments on the Oregon Zoo’s latest Facebook post. Nora, it appears, is an expert diver. A video shared ...

Portland’s senior polar bear sister just may be Olympic-ready ... but it is the first batch of underwater footage. Beyond just watching Nora plunge head-first into the water, we also get ...

Bears are a type of mammal that can be found in many parts of the world. From the tiny, silly-looking sun bear to the iconic polar bear, these animals are specially adapted to different environments, ...

Researchers from the US Geological Survey have documented the first evidence of long distance swimming by polar bears, according to a BBC Earth News report. The scientists, who are studying bears ...

It was a cat-and-mouse game.' When the bear slipped into the water, he just waited. 'There was just a flat, world of water and ice and this polar bear swimming lazily around me. I could hear her slow, ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...

This lack of sunlight, combined with frozen soils and reduced vegetation, make it difficult for animals to survive in polar environments, but some - like the polar bear - have evolved to cope.