Polar bears are one of the largest mammals on land; only the African elephant can tower over the polar bear in this corner of ...

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

This prolonged fasting drains polar bears’ energy reserves, reducing their ability to reproduce and raise cubs. Without ...

Comparing fur samples collected from animals in Svalbard, Norway, an international team of researchers first identified that ...

Researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change.

coming back onto land to eat their prey. Most mammalian hair can freeze when it gets wet in cold temperatures — think human beards on a frosty winter day. But, Bodil noticed, polar bear fur did ...

A remote community on the icy shores of Canada's Hudson Bay is struggling to maintain its polar bear population that drives ...

coming back onto land to eat their prey. Most mammalian hair can freeze when it gets wet in cold temperatures — think human ...