The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...

The largest bear species, polar bears weigh up to 1,500 pounds and thrive in the Arctic, hunting seals on icy landscapes. Found in Alaska’s Kodiak Archipelago, these bears can weigh up to 1,400 ...

The Canadian town of Churchill has already had more than four times as many polar bear visitors this year compared with the same time last year, and many more could soon be on the way. The sisters ...

High-tech tracking collars on nine female polar bears have measured the animals' efforts to find food on the diminishing Arctic ice. Each bear wore a collar - recording video, location and ...

Brown bears, on the other hand, only have one layer of fur. Polar bears can also digest high amounts of cholesterol from meat containing a lot of blubber. They can thrive while eating seals and ...

Under a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario, it's likely that all but a few polar bear populations will collapse by 2100, the study found. And even if moderate emissions reduction targets are ...

Despite their enormous size and dangerous nature, polar bears are beautiful creatures ... of the front legs and feet and give ...

Warming temperatures may be changing the ways ice forms, making it more likely to stick to and injure polar bears in two far north populations. Temperatures in the Arctic region are warming more ...

This clip could be used in the classroom or in an assembly as a way of starting a conversation or as inspiration for artwork, poems or stories. This short film is relevant for teaching science at ...

my friend and fellow high Arctic expedition leader, Oskar Strom and I embarked on a mission to document the hunting behaviour of Svalbard’s polar bears for the BBC's Mammals series. Our focus ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...

A polar bear has been shot dead in a remote Icelandic village, the latest casualty of growing tensions between humans and the Arctic mammals. Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore ...