Polar bears are uniquely adapted to survive in one of the harshest environments on Earth. These majestic animals are ...

Charles Robbins, director of the Washington State University Bear Centre and co-author of the study, said neither strategy of resting to conserve energy or foraging would allow polar bears to ...

NGM Maps When we anchored the boat at the fjord ice, we spotted several seals resting on the ice ... He had spotted a polar bear approaching in the distance under the midnight sun.

senior director of research and policy with the conservation group Polar Bears International. But this migration ritual is changing. The Arctic is warming nearly four times faster than the rest of ...

Although it was only briefly seen during the live webcast of its launch, the Fram2 mission's zero-gravity indicator was ...

That's because polar bear fur is transparent and hollow.When light strikes the outer fur some of it is absorbed while the rest is scattered away. The result? The fur can appear as different colors ...

A man who “leapt on” a polar bear to save his wife from an attack ... more common as the Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the world, pushing bears to the brink of starvation due ...

This “sea bear” uses floating sea ice as a hunting platform, a resting place during long migrations, and a meeting spot for mating and other essential behaviors. Loss of sea ice is already imperiling ...