Polar bears eat as many as 43 ringed seals per year. Both depend on sea ice, which has been shrinking at an alarming rate. The seals also are pursued by both Inupiat and Yupik Eskimo hunters, who ...

Over the past 30 years, polar bears have increasingly exchanged ringed seal with harp seal and hooded seal in their diet. This change exposes the polar bear to more contaminants, according to a ...

Polar bears need lots of seal snacks — and a melting Arctic makes it hard to eat enough. In the spring, one polar bear needs to snarf at least one adult ringed seal, or 19 newborn pups, every 10 ...

WINNIPEG -- New research out of the University of Manitoba shows polar bears are eating fewer ringed seals, but it’s not necessarily all good news for the Arctic animals.

Today’s petition follows previous petitions by the Center seeking protection of the polar bear, Pacific walrus, and ribbon seal, Arctic marine mammals threatened by the loss of their sea-ice habitat ...

Polar bears get fat eating ringed seals, and to avoid that fate, Alaska's smallest pinniped digs out snow caves on the sea ice, where they surface to breathe and give birth. Global warming is ...

Polar Bear Hair Sheds Light on Seal Populations Under the Arctic Sea Ice. Posted by Public Affairs on May 12, 2023 . Share Tweet Post Email. by USGS September ... ,” Karyn Rode, the lead author and a ...

After twenty minutes flying, we spotted the remains of an adult ringed seal with fresh polar bear tracks around. Tracking the bear, we located it on an island a bit later. It turned out to be an old ...

Polar bear that killed Alaska mom and her son "was chasing" school staffers and nearly got inside building, official says January 20, 2023 / 7:04 AM EST / CBS/AP Polar bears at risk as sea ice melts ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The federal government on Friday proposed listing two seals that depend on sea ice as threatened species because of the projected loss of ice from climate warming. The ...