Sisters Ruthie and Trixie Schatz and their cousin Claire Fiore were clearly excited Saturday morning as they waited to board the Colebrookdale Railroad’s special train: Santa’s Polar Bear Express.

“Haley is such a special and inquisitive bear,” said Mike Murray, VP of life sciences for the Detroit Zoological Society. “We ...

I decided not to do it. Then, at two in the morning, a crew member woke us up. He had spotted a polar bear approaching in the distance under the midnight sun. We ran to the bow of the boat to see ...

Churchill, Canada — Here on the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers and scientists like Geoff York. Buggies traverse the ...

The show, which will air at 10 a.m. Saturday on NBC, will highlight what makes the bears and their habitat unique and how people can contribute to polar bear conservation efforts, among other topics.