Polar bear hunting is tightly regulated and usually ... but success rates are high. Polar bears are hunted from late February into the spring during either the “light” season (when the sun ...

Holst initially thought that polar bear fur might have structural properties that prevent ice from forming. She and her colleagues used high-powered microscopes to zoom in on the fur, but "we ...

Polar bear attacks are exceedingly rare ... raise cubs and hunt seals to sustain their high-fat diet. The shrinking ice has put the population of polar bears at risk of decline.

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

Blackhawk High School students came together to brave ... It didn't take a long time to break the ice before the Polar Bear Plunge in the school's parking lot. "That was fun," Vitali said.

Researchers have found an alarming death rate among polar bears in Canada's Western ... of the Arctic — and are doing so in high numbers. Females and bear cubs are especially having a hard ...

Blizzard, Beloved Polar Bear at Point Defiance Zoo ... Nature's Species Survival Commission has designated them as facing a high risk of extinction. Pilot Rescued with Daughters After Spending ...

Polar bear attacks on humans rarely happen ... and so they do eat a lot of food and do have high energetic demands. And in those cases, while they're not starving, per se, they're very hungry ...

Polar Bear Alert also posts signs warning people away from areas with high polar bear traffic and little opportunity for refuge. Signs around the edge of the town of Churchill warn visitors to be ...

So her team used a high-powered microscope and zoomed in on some fur. HOLST: But we couldn't see anything special about the polar bear hairs. They just looked normal. LAMBERT: But as she and her ...

Polar bears on ice in Northern Canada. Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in ...