But are they good swimmers? Yes! In fact, polar bears can swim better than most mammals, including humans. They’re at home in frigid waters and have incredible stamina. Intrigued? Here are nine ...

Warming temperatures may be changing the ways ice forms, making it more likely to stick to and injure polar bears in two far ...

To the shock of onlookers that was the sound of a 32-year-old woman who was now inside the exhibit and swimming towards the polar bears. It was a Friday in Spring 2009, with Easter just days away ...

(Photo by Brian Battaile/U.S. Geological Survey) Polar bears roaming the ice and swimming the waters of the Chukchi Sea have ...

An aerial survey by United States government scientists in Alaska's Chukchi Sea has recently found at least nine polar bears swimming in open water, with one at least 60 miles from shore ...