Ice buildup and lacerations may result from ... snow to melt and then refreeze into a hard crust, which heavy polar bears ...

"Those terrestrial food sources these polar bears are taking in basically does them no good," Whiteman said. In recent years, ...

Then, with a frenzied whine, the helicopter’s rotor blades break the spell ... the summer sea ice and all the superbly adapted life it supports—the bears, the seals, the walruses, the whales ...

A polar bear perched ona chunk of ice north of Greenland in 2016 A new study finds that an area of the Arctic Ocean critical for the survival of polar bears is fast becoming vulnerable to climate ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present.

Over 100,000 teddy bears and other plushies flew over the glass onto the ice. “It’s special for me,” Sgarbossa said. “I mean, I been here for a pretty long time, seven years. The kids have ...