Loss of ice due to climate change has a direct impact on the ability of polar bears to feed and survive. The bears need platforms of ice to reach their prey of ringed and bearded seals.

Polar bear cubs are born in December or early January. Scientists have captured a rare new footage of polar bear cubs emerging from their dens for the first time. The footage shows a mother polar ...

In the cold, dark winters, prey numbers sharply declined ... derived from a combination of the Iñupiaq word for “polar bear”, nanuq, and the Greek word sauros, for “lizard”.

A group of several hundred polar bears in south-eastern Greenland often catch seals by waiting outside their prey's breathing holes on blocks of floating freshwater ice from glaciers, in an ...

It’s a big world out there, especially for polar bear cubs emerging from their dens. An international team of researchers observed these special first steps thanks to nearly a decade of camera ...

Two-year-old twin polar bears Kallik (pronounced Kah-LEEK), left, and Kallu (Kah-LOO) take a swim during their public debut ...