Wild Encounters Shocking Polar Bear Struggles on Thin Ice in Arctic Posted: February 23, 2025 | Last updated: February 23, 2025 "ZooEarthTV brings you incredible animal interactions, amazing ...
At the edge of the Arctic in northern Canada, the annual migration of polar bears draws tourists, photographers, and ...
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 on ice in Northern Canada. Nano-physicist Bodil Holst's interest in polar bear fur began while she was watching a German quiz show. "I learned that polar bears are invisible in ...
As I knew well, polar bears could be nearby. We decided to risk it. The ice was so thin that it bent beneath us. We almost turned back several times, but then we managed to find a safe route to ...
Scientists discovered that polar bear fur’s oily coating prevents ice from sticking, thanks to a unique mix of lipids. This ...
For nearly a decade, researchers have gathered camera footage from outside the dens of female polar bears and their cubs on Svalbard, shedding light on the behaviors linked to denning.
Fog adds danger to the work: It’s harder to spot approaching polar bears ... of Arctic sea ice froze fast on a cold, calm night; polarized light shining through the thin section reveals tightly ...
Two-thirds of the world's polar bears could be extinct by 2050 if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears ...
A polar bear has been shot dead in ... The rapid loss of sea ice due to climate change is "driving hungry bears to land and putting both at risk". From our morning news briefing to a weekly ...