These polar bears appear to be maintaining their physical health despite the loss of sea ice—their preferred hunting grounds ...
Polar bears need fat to survive the harsh Arctic cold; that’s why they eat blubbery seals. Seals, meanwhile, need ice to rest ...
Studying close to 800 bears over nearly 25 years shows that polar bear populations in the rapidly warming Barents Sea, off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia, are doing better than polar bears ...
In the frozen wilderness of the Arctic, human survival historically depended on using every available food source. But one ...
The Oregon zoo has welcomed a new resident, Kallik, a 3-year-old polar bear, who is settling into his new home.