Sat, February 7, 2026 at 3:30 PM UTC Polar bears rely on sea ice as a platform for hunting seals, which provide the fat and energy they need to survive. When ice covers the ocean, bears wait near seal ...

Cold, icy water plays an important role in helping Polar Bears regulate their body temperature. In the wild, Polar Bears ...

It's a beautiful story out of the arctic to end your year on a good note. A polar bear mom took on a second (presumably orphaned) cub in only the 13th recorded case of adoption for this species in the ...

A polar bear was spotted in Iceland for the first time since 2016—and was promptly shot dead by police. Inuit hunter Hjelmer Hammeken spotted a ringed seal near its breathing hole on the Greenland ice ...

Polar bear subpopulations across the Arctic are losing genetic diversity and showing divergent gene activity as sea ice ...

Like other Polar Bears, Kallik also loves bath time and enjoys a nice ice bath to cool off when it's warm. According to Polar ...

Seals favored by Svalbard bears are becoming easier to hunt as ice declines, a study found. But researchers say the situation may be temporary. By Eric Niiler The population of polar bears in Norway’s ...

Polar bears have been getting fatter even as sea ice disappears in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, the fastest-warming place on Earth – but scientists don’t expect the good times to last. The northern ...

WASHINGTON — Some polar bears and their cubs already in danger of extinction could be legally killed by private oil-drilling projects in northern Alaska, according to proposed new regulations. The ...

For years, images of thin polar bears stranded on shrinking ice floes shaped how many people understood climate change in the Arctic. Those photos seemed to confirm dire predictions, that as sea ice ...