Scientists are urging governments to fund better waste management in Arctic villages. Experts issue urgent warning after ...

Wild Facts About The Arctic's Strongest Predator ...

Their scientific name means “maritime bear”, and derives from this fact. Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice ...

During seal hunting season, a female polar bear strives to put on up to 300 pounds of fat. That weight gain is a necessity - without it, her body won't allow her to get pregnant. Vint Cerf of ...

or live fat, or both," said Kristin Laidre, a University of Washington marine mammal scientist who specializes in Arctic species. The polar bear — the symbol of both climate change and an area ...

Grizzly bears, for example, are a subspecies of brown bear found in parts of North America. There are many different ...

Editor's Note: National Geographic went too far in drawing a definitive connection between climate change and a particular starving polar bear in the opening caption of our December 2017 video ...

The 2022 edition of Fat Bear Week was unlike any other, and even with a voting scandal, 747 was crowned this year's champion of chonk – the bear's second title in three years. The weeklong ...

“As sea ice melts earlier and forms later across the Arctic, polar bears are onshore for longer and some bears will deplete their fat stores and become nutritionally stressed. A hungry bear will ...

Their thick white coat and a layer of fat keep them warm and camouflaged in their harsh ... Emmanuel Rondeau / WWF-UK "I will never forget my 'first' polar bear. Today, it still drives me to do all we ...