A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear ...

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice sticks ...

Nevertheless, even a dangerous predator needs its advocates. Enter Polar Bears International, the only conservation organization devoted solely to wild polar bears. A-Z Animals got a chance to sit ...

a biologist with Polar Bears International who was not involved in the study. “When we get them on the ground, and they’re safely sedated, they’re amazingly dry.” Until now, he added, “we didn’t know ...

Researchers have directly linked population decline in polar bears living in Western Hudson Bay to shrinking sea ice caused by climate change.

a biologist with Polar Bears International who was not involved in the study. “When we get them on the ground, and they’re safely sedated, they’re amazingly dry.” Until now, he added ...

To answer those questions, Holst gathered an international team of researchers. The group compared ice resistance in samples of four materials: washed and unwashed polar bear fur, human hair and ...

This prolonged fasting drains polar bears’ energy reserves, reducing their ability to reproduce and raise cubs. Without ...