Polar bears' fur is not white. What makes their coats appear white is a result of science, allowing them to blend into the ...

Looking at a polar bear, you'd probably assume its fur is white, but you'd be wrong, as it's really just an interesting trick ...

It's a pretty risky business trying to take a blood sample from a polar bear -- one of the most dangerous predators on the ...

By Abhishyant Kidangoor Before pivoting her focus to the Arctic, Alysa McCall worked extensively in the grassland ecosystem.

When it comes to Arctic apex predators, the polar bear is the first animal that typically comes to mind. It’s a top predator, ...

Discover the world’s largest bear species, from polar giants to grizzlies. Explore their impressive sizes, habitats, and ...

Polar bears under threat as glaciers melt faster A new global assessment shows that the world's glaciers are melting faster in the last 10 years compared to the previous decade. Polar bears, which ...

At the same time, a number of polar bear populations have been on the decline — in the Beaufort Sea, for example, they’ve dropped by about 40% in the course of a decade.

Polar bear safaris serve up a rare opportunity to meet Arctic man-eaters under the northern lights. Colby J Brokvist Polar bears are the only mammal known to actively hunt humans. Still, every ...

Polar bears generally hunt on sea ice, which is rapidly diminishing as the Arctic warms at twice the rate of the rest of the Earth. That raises great concerns about their survival. ...

Every polar bear counts these days as fewer than 31,000 of them are left on Earth, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Added Gorban, “The shift workers saved its life, the cub had no chance to ...

Each polar bear tried in its own way to cope, but the variation shows that there isn’t one winning solution. “It paints a collective picture that this is a group of bears sort of stretched to ...