In fact, polar bears do not actually have white fur. No, we aren’t kidding. These fluffy mammals, which survive in the icy ...

Regular folks who care about wildlife generally know that climate change is bad for polar bears, but they have only vague ...

In the frozen wilderness of the Arctic, human survival historically depended on using every available food source. But one ...

Let’s face the facts: polar bears are adorable. While they are adorable at any time, when they are playing around in the snow ...

This study was funded by grants from the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S011188/1) and the European Research Council (SELECTHAPLOID - 101001341) The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN) – A “playful” polar bear is making a splash as the newest arrival at the Oregon Zoo. Kallik, a ...

Species either adapt or die. This is the basis for extinction, and why many animals eventually succumb to various factors that threaten their existence. In some rare cases, however, a species responds ...

Author data visualisation using temperature data from the Danish Meteorological Institute. Locations of bears in south-east (red icons) and north-east (blue icons). New research reveals a link between ...

Drone footage by photographer Vadim Makhorov shows the polar bears looking out windows and relaxing on porches AP Photo/Vadim Makhorov A group of polar bears recently moved into an abandoned research ...

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