Pregnant female polar bears typically build their dens in snow drifts on land or sea ice around October or November. They give birth in December or early January, then spend the next three to four ...
Female polar bears build their dens in snow drifts on land or sea ice around October or November. They give birth in December or early January when the cubs are blind, hairless and weigh just 0.5 kg.
Credit: Polar Bears International / YouTube The remote locations of polar bear dens makes footage of the bears emerging from hibernation rare – but a research project spanning nearly ten years ...
“Haley is such a special and inquisitive bear,” said Mike Murray, VP of life sciences for the Detroit Zoological Society. “We ...
The polar bears pass through Churchill, Manitoba, hoping to catch a ride out of the tiny town on Hudson Bay's sea ice. After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen ...
Scientists discovered that polar bear fur’s oily coating prevents ice from sticking, thanks to a unique mix of lipids. This ...
It’s a big world out there, especially for polar bear cubs emerging from ... to develop before traveling to the sea ice. In some instances, the bears also emerged from the den for less than ...
Researchers found compounds produced in polar bear skin that were as ice resistant as PFAS, offering potential novel ...
The Detroit Zoo has a new resident in its Arctic Ring of Life as Haley, a 22-year-old polar bear, recently arrived from the ...
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