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Melting sea ice causes polar bears to lose their traditional hunting grounds. You'd be surprised at the lengths they go to ...
A group of Canadian scientists attached GoPro cameras to GPS collars on 20 polar bears in the Hudson Bay area in northeastern ...
How much weight can a polar bear lose before it’s too late?” That’s the question plaguing researchers after a remarkable ...
Resting on a solitary slab of ice floating in the Arctic Ocean, a majestic creature sparkles in the polar summer sunshine.
Polar Bears Film Their Own Sea Ice World by USGS on YouTube This time, the video cameras worked. When we recovered them, we had collected eight to 11 days of footage showing polar bears' behavior ...
Polar bear fur isn't really white -- it's transparent and covers up black skin. Here's why they look white when you see these ...
Polar bear safaris serve up a rare opportunity to meet Arctic man-eaters under the northern lights. Colby J Brokvist Polar bears are the only mammal known to actively hunt humans.
VIDEO CREDITS: Producer Julie Walker, Cinematography Brian Wilcox, Editor Stephanie Cook One result of melting Arctic ice is that polar bears are forced to swim more often and further than ever to ...
Polar bears' fur is not white. What makes their coats appear white is a result of science, allowing them to blend into the ...
A polar bear on an ice floe in Wagner Bay, Canada (Photo by Ansgar Walk) All bear species except for one live in either temperate or tropical woodlands. Only the polar bear is a stranger to the forest ...
Polar bears have been chilling on the ice far longer than is generally thought, new research suggests, and they probably interbred with brown bears at one point after the two species separated.