A BBC videographer learns what an Arctic seal's final moments might look like.

The people of Churchill, Manitoba, live among polar bears — some of the world's most dangerous predators — for several months each year.

The U.S.-backed proposal was opposed by Canada, which is home to two-thirds of the world's polar bears.

Polar bears and brown bears diverged much longer ago than previously thought.

The governor’s office of the Arctic Svalbard islands is seeking to fill the temporary position beginning July 8.

The orphaned polar bear cub that was rescued in Alaska earlier this year arrived safely at a new home in Buffalo, N.Y.

The zoo s hoping the 2-year-old male will pair up with the resident female and produce a cub.

The Central Park Zoo’s celebrated star was made famous when an animal psychologist was called in to address the bear’s problems.

In the next decade, the tropics will suffer unprecedented climate change effects, long before the Arctic and its polar bears see big shifts.

Explore.org has affixed several high-definition cameras to locations in Churchill, Manitoba, the 'Polar Bear Capital of the World.'

Polar-bear dens, where mama bears raise young cubs during the harsh Alaska winters, could be identified using laser technology.

The culprit of the sudden death of famed polar bear tot Knut has been found, says an international team of scientists.

The 2-month-old cub at the Toronto Zoo hasn't quite nailed walking, but he's definitely got being cute figured out.

Polar bears have shifted to a diet of more land-based food in response to climate change and melting sea ice.

The conservation nonprofit Polar Bears International will use the 360-degree panoramas for educational outreach and scientific research.

The cuddly duo — a boy and a girl born at the Hellabrunn Zoo on Dec. 9 — explore their enclosure with their mom, Giovanna.

Far from the frosty climate of the Arctic Circle, this adorable family is making do in the summer heat with a brand new swimming pool.

A geothermal loop will keep a fancy new elephant house toasty with the captured heat generated by the cooling system in the polar bear habitat.

The world's southernmost population of polar bears is waiting for sea ice to form just weeks before the U.N.'s climate change conference.

The new season of Smithsonian Channel's 'Polar Bear Town' will explore the intersection of humans and the 'Lords of the Arctic' in Manitoba.

These creatures of the night could be the models for future aircraft.

Video: Is a trip to the 3-D movies making you sick?

Video: A Florida marine ecologist narrows down the spread of the first lobster virus.

The insect's DNA helps piece together our evolutionary history.

Columbia researcher examines how ultrasound could become part of a comprehensive treatment for various degenerative brain diseases.

Astronomers use infrared "eyes" to shed light on these enigmatic cosmic structures.

Video: Dennis Hong is living his dreams — literally — in a lab filled with wacky robots.

Video: Could working the night shift alter a woman's body clock enough to cause breast cancer?

Find out what wood ducks are revealing about threats to our fine feathered friends.

Volunteers help scientists understand birds and changing habitats.

Video: Keeping better track of yourself and your keys.

Video: Robots help surgeons transcend human limits.

Unlocking the mysteries of science in the unlikeliest of places: Prison.

Video: Searching below the surface of Antarctica for the mysterious neutrino.

Looking to the ground before taking to the air–-what ground birds can teach us about flight.

Team at Seattle university is creating largest 3-D reconstruction that anyone has ever attempted, rebuilding the world one pixel at a time.

Cutting edge research without having to cut up anything!

Video: Observing a split in the butterfly family tree.

Video: Peaceful bonobos may have something to teach humans.

Brian Zenowich will sometimes spend his workdays doing a little arm-in-arm dancing. His dance partners manage to stay in step, duplicating his every move almost

Find out when it's best to shell out your cash in exchange for tickets.

Babies are oriented towards pro-social individuals. They prefer interacting with a pro-social individual over an anti-social individual.

A comparative psychologist says African grey parrots have the social skills of a 2-year-old child and the intelligence of a 5-year-old.

Video: Music can spark creativity in math and science.

These robotic labs, called ESPs, collect water samples in the open water and can determine if a beach is safe for swimming or water is clean enough to drink

Video: The best animators know that physics will make their animation more lifelike.

Video: Researchers are developing a robot language so 'bots' can cooperate with each other.

Video: Aerial surveillance cameras in some stores track our shopping behavior and help retailers determine what to sell and how to position it.

Video: When we use water, much of it must undergo energy-intensive cleaning at a treatment plant before flowing back to the environment. Microbial fuel cells ma

Video: Digitized images of very thin slices of the human brain are used to determine whether behavior patterns are reflected in the structure of the brain.