Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore, but attacks on humans are extremely uncommon – only 73 were recorded between 1870 and 2014, in Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and the US.

Polar bear attacks on humans are extremely rare, but this is at least the second recorded fatality from a polar bear attack since 2023. Last year, a woman and her 1-year-old son were killed by a ...

Polar bears rarely attack, according to a 2017 study published ... male polar bears were the most likely to pose threats to human safety. The animals also have come in closer contact with humans ...

that polar bears rarely attack humans. When an attack occurs, the bear is often hungry, young and unwell, she said. Normally the bears are far from human settlements, instead preferring to spend ...

Polar bear attacks are extremely rare ... future measures we and our communities can take to prevent future fatal human-bear encounters,” according to a joint statement released Thursday ...

The de-icing properties of polar bear sebum could fuel new innovations, scientists say, potentially unlocking alternatives to ...

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

In Churchill, northern Canada, a town known as the polar bear capital of the world, climate change could spell danger - for both bears and people. The region has seen its polar bear population ...