As greenhouse gas emissions drive global warming at unprecedented rates, Arctic sea ice — critical to nearly every aspect of polar bear survival — melts earlier and more extensively each decade. The ...

The two-year-old Knut was a global celebrity after becoming the first polar bear to be born and survive infancy at the zoo in ...

Polar Bear International Female polar bears need ... first, we'll lose the survival of cubs, so cubs will be born but the females won't have enough body fat to produce milk to bring them along ...

Polar bear attacks are rare, but they are a risk for people who live and work in isolated Arctic environments. Earlier this year, a Canadian worker was killed by two polar bears near a remote defence ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

The USGS has attached a camera to a polar bear in order to study its behavior and feeding rates. The footage will serve to provide more information for scientists to understand how polar bears are ...

2010). Polar bear survival and reproductive success are declining as sea ice disappears: Female survival, breeding rates, and cub litter survival declined as the ice-free period increased during 2001 ...

The black skin readily absorbs sunlight to keep the bear warm. Polar bears aren't just the ambassadors of the North Pole. They're masters at manipulating color to survive. More from News Polar ...

A polar bear! Its thick fur helps it to hide and keep ... Polar habitats are very cold but some wildlife can survive there. Watch the video to learn all about polar habitats!