Polar bear spotted in Northeast Iceland
Police were notified about seven o’clock tonight of a polar bear spotted in Melrakkaslétta in the northeast of the country earlier today. The pe...
More about polar bears wandering ashore in Iceland
The female polar bear slain this week in Iceland has been the cause of much discourse about the correct procedure when these greatly troubled animals ...
A wandering polar bear shot dead in Iceland
An adolescent female polar bear was killed with a gunshot wound to the neck by a farm not far from the town of Sauðárkrókur in north Iceland late last...
Proposed polar bear trade ban divides wildlife groups
A proposed global ban on the trade of polar bear parts has divided wildlife protection campaigners.
Polar bears enjoy summer sanctuary on Icebergs
Filmmakers have discovered that some polar bears are seeking refuge from hunters on major icebergs, rather than on land as previously thought.
Russian scientist: wild polar bears extinct within decades
A leading authority on polar bears has said that rapidly melting arctic ice could lead to the extinction of the animals in the wild within the next th...
Industrial chemicals making polar bears poorly
Polar bears from Greenland are becoming ill because of chemicals which make their way from the industrialised world to the Arctic via air and sea curr...
Stranded mountaineers in lucky Greenland rescue
A group of British climbers, cut off on their route by rising floodwaters, have been rescued from polar bear territory in Greenland by pure chance.