Remote cameras were deployed in the Arctic mountains across nearly a decade; Valuable footage of moms and cubs emerging from ...
Despite this clear motivation to get back to hunting seals on the sea ice, polar bear families will often hang out at the den for days or weeks after emerging. On average, the families we monitored in ...
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.
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 ...
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.
Alaska’s brown bears can rival polar bears in terms of size ... peg-like ears and a short, blocky muzzle. Fat Bear Week is an online competition hosted by the Katmai National Park and Preserve ...
On Saturday morning, the Kansas City Zoo celebrated International Polar Bear Day, which actually falls ... they have less and less body fat to take care of them. There are fewer numbers of offspri ...
However, one lingering question is whether the polar bear’s diet influences the composition of the sebum they excrete, as they consume a fat-rich diet, primarily from seals, which may contribute ...
Female polar bears give birth in December or early January when the cubs are blind, hairless and weigh just 0.5 kg.