took aim and fired a tranquilizer dart at a polar bear. The predator bolted but soon slumped into the snowdrifts, its broad ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter’s landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

To mark the centenary of the Madras Zoo, the Madras Corporation requested the Moscow Zoo for a polar bear as a gift. In ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter’s landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

NORWAY — With one foot braced on the helicopter’s landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer dart at a polar bear. The predator bolted but soon ...

The footage, taken by American tourist Rebecca Baack during a ski trip, shows the man firing a warning shot from his rifle to scare the bear away. Instead, the massive animal charged him.

The predator bolted but soon slumped into the snowdrifts, its broad frame motionless beneath the Arctic sky. The dramatic pursuit formed part of a pioneering research mission in Norway's Svalbard ...

Berlin — A polar bear has attacked and injured a man leading tourists off a cruise ship on an archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole, Norwegian authorities say. The Joint Rescue ...

The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words ...