Its Latin name Ursus maritimus means “sea bear.” They live in the Arctic, where they roam the sea ice in search of seals. It may surprise you that the polar bear is the only carnivorous bear ...

Hughes took part in the Inuit community’s annual ice fishing competition for arctic char. Seal hunting is an essential part of life for the Inuit. The skin, like this one from a recent kill ...

So they’re at particular risk from global warming, which is melting the Arctic sea ice they depend on. Polar bears generally live and hunt alone, though they can be quite social too. They mainly eat ...

UAF scientists have found microplastics in all marine species they’ve studied so; new results show transfer from mother seals ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect Arctic ice seals. The ringed seal and the ...

The project will study Arctic food web structure over the next few years, and also use archive samples of seal teeth collected since the 1950s in the Norwegian Arctic and 1980s in the Canadian Arctic ...