The first time Chris Tarrant was nearly killed by a bear he had a terrible hangover. 'I lay down and fell asleep by a path in ...

Watch this video of polar bears play-fighting over an ice block at Jimmy's Farm. Rangers at the farm captured the moment polar bears were given an ice block filled with fruit and fish.

Drifting snow helps polar bear dens remain hidden. (B.J. Kirschhoffer/Polar Bears International), CC BY An elusive phenomenon While they provide ideal conditions for developing cubs, maternal dens ...

Researchers captured rare footage of polar bear cubs emerging from dens in Svalbard, Norway, using nearly a decade of remote camera data to reveal new insights about den emergence and post ...

This combination makes polar bear fur highly resistant to freezing, Holst says. Lab tests showed that it performed about as well as fluorinated ski waxes, which have been banned in Norway for ...

A polar bear near Kaktovik, Alaska. New research reveals how polar bears keep ice off their fur. Alan Wilson via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Polar bears don’t have to worry about ...

Polar bears also use the ice as a platform to catch the seals, Archer said. Without the ice, they are forced to hunt in open water, which is a difficult feat for the large apex predator.

As temperatures warm, and ice melts, polar bears are dying at an increasing rate. Once thriving, polar bears have become a vulnerable species with just an estimated 22,000 to 31,000 individuals left.

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland habitats. But they may be increasingly infected with germs and parasites, too.

This handout photo shows a polar bear that was shot by the police after being considered a threat to people nearby, authorities said, in Westfjords, Iceland, Thursday Sept. 19, 2024.

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 ...