You probably know polar bears as the big white animals roaming the Arctic, but there’s a lot about them that doesn’t make it ...

In sum, Alaska’s polar bear populations are far from “strong and healthy,” as Murkowski claimed. Editor’s Note: SciCheck is made possible by a grant from the Stanton Foundation. Categories ...

Global polar bear numbers have risen spectacularly in the last sixty years. From around 5,000 in the 1950s, they rose to 8,000–10,000 in the 1970s, 20,000–25,000 by 2005, and an estimated ...

Maintaining healthy polar bear populations depends on cubs' survival, which is only around 50%, according to the statement.

"A healthy polar bear that's out on the sea ice is not going to have a lot of incentive to attack a human being," said McCall to CBC News.

"A healthy polar bear that's out on the sea ice is not going to have a lot of incentive to attack a human being," Alysa McCall, director of conservation outreach and a staff scientist at Polar ...

Maintaining healthy polar bear populations depends on cubs' survival, which is only around 50%, according to the statement.