PARK CITY, Utah — In the snowy subarctic wilds of northern Manitoba, the Inuit have a word for polar bears who’ve lost their fear of being around humans: avinnaarjuk, or “nuisance bear.” That’s a ...

In the northern corner of the Canadian province of Manitoba lies the small town of Churchill, colloquially known as the "Polar Bear Capital of the World." Here, polar bears have become a common part ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Canadian filmmakers Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden knew they were onto something when their short film “Nuisance Bear,” an ...

For the last few days, the short clip of a lone penguin walking away from its colony has become fodder for memes, with many dubbing it the ‘lone penguin’ and the ‘nihilist penguin’. But do we realise ...

A new BBC documentary reveals the extraordinary story of how a Scottish couple raised a bear cub like a son - and then turned him into a Hollywood movie star. Hercules the Bear: A Love Story, airing ...

You may not be familiar with Churchill, Manitoba, a Canadian town that sits on the shores of Hudson Bay and is accessible only by plane (for an exorbitant price) or by train (the journey from southern ...

High in the mountains of the Pyrenees, brown bears are being airdropped back into the wild, following more than two decades of absence – the product of hunters wiping out the animals to protect the ...

Canadian filmmakers Jack Weisman and Gabriela Osio Vanden knew they were onto something when their short film “Nuisance Bear,” an unconventional nature documentary centered on the annual polar bear ...