The largest bear species, polar bears weigh up to 1,500 pounds and thrive in the Arctic, hunting seals on icy landscapes. Found in Alaska’s Kodiak Archipelago, these bears can weigh up to 1,400 ...

The top 10 largest bear species, ranked by size and weight, range from the polar bear, standing up to 10 feet tall and ...

Every year a small town in Canada gets a sudden influx of polar passersby as the world’s largest bear (that begins life as a fluffy stick of butter) embarks on its annual migration. The big move ...

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 ...