A group of polar bears in south-east Greenland have adapted to hunt via blocks of freshwater ice from glaciers when sea ice retreats in the warmer months. This suggests the animals may be more ...

Polar bears are struggling to survive as sea ice dwindles. Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay ...

A wildlife park has resorted to giving its polar bears huge blocks of ice to help keep them cool as temperatures rise. Peak Wildlife Park near Leek, Staffordshire, faces forecast temperatures of ...

They froze a block of ice with a defined area of contact ... “What we ended up doing was flipping it, filling the cuvette with [water], and putting the polar bear fur upside down on top, and then ...

Then you get to see the moment the polar bears get given the ice block. A Jimmy's Farm spokesperson said: "Polar bears in the wild are highly carnivorous, primarily hunting seals. "However ...

Polar bears don’t have to worry about skipping a wash day. The sebum, or natural oil, on the mammals’ fur helps them survive the harsh Arctic weather by making it hard for ice to stick to them ...

Thousands of brr-ave swimmers descended on Coney Island to ring in the new year Monday — with an icy dip in the North Atlantic Ocean as a part of the 121st annual polar bear plunge. A mix of ...