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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Like the polar bear, Arctic ringed seals are feeling the effects of a warmer world. The snow caves where seals nurse and protect their pups are threatened by late ice formation in the fall, ...

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 ...

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 ...

LIFE CYCLE: Female seals reach sexual maturity at four to eight years of age, while males do so at five to seven years. Average life expectancy is 15 to 20 years, though seals can live at least 43 ...