Remote cameras were deployed in the Arctic mountains across nearly a decade; Valuable footage of moms and cubs emerging from ...
Understanding cubs’ activity when leaving their lairs could aid in supporting the polar bear’s survival.
Despite this clear motivation to get back to hunting seals on the sea ice, polar bear families will often hang out at the den ...
Researchers captured rare footage of polar bear cubs emerging from dens in Svalbard, Norway, using nearly a decade of remote camera data to reveal new insights about den emergence and post-emergence ...
The remote cameras have captured the moment a mother pokes her head out from her den to see if the world is safe enough for her little ones.
Polar bear mothers in the Arctic generally give birth ... nursing on milk that’s about 31 percent fat. By the time they are ready to leave the den in the spring, they are up to 20 times bigger ...
In the frigid Arctic, polar bear mothers and their cubs emerge each spring from snow dens that have sheltered them through ...
Julian Carolan says researchers are looking at polar bear grease because it repels ice. That property could help replace the harmful forever chemicals currently used in non-stick cookware.
gaining fat, getting big and when they come off of that ice they have to fast.” No one wants to see a hungry polar bear, which is why these latest findings and videos of polar bear activity will ...
Unprecedented footage of polar bear snow dens reveals hidden new insights about the majestic animals. In the frozen wilderness of Svalbard, Norway, a mother polar bear and her cubs emerge from their ...
The results made the team wonder what was so special about polar bear grease, said Carolan, so they brought in experts in oil and fat and got new samples of polar bear hair oil that were collected ...