Polar bears depend on frozen ocean surfaces more than any other land predator. The ice functions as a platform where they hunt seals, their primary source of energy. Bears often wait beside breathing ...

Aromatic attractants like meat caches, campsites, cooking areas, and sled-dog yards also lure them with the reward of food.

If we were to list some of the most common animals, we might think of sharks, foxes, or dolphins. However, the world has ...

Fly to Winnipeg, ride the train north, and stay simple: here’s how to watch polar bears in Churchill without a luxury budget.

Full-grown bears are by no means immune to danger, however. The authors cite earlier research predicting that the adult male population could decrease by 24% if the ice-free summer season increases to ...

"Nutritional stress does play a role. It's just that it doesn't appear to be the role that we thought it was, just driving ...

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 ...

Happy International Polar Bear Day! For 21 years, conservation nonprofit Polar Bears International has celebrated these vulnerable bears with a day of conservation action and learning. Right now, ...

Polar bears near the remote archipelago of Svalbard are getting heavier, not thinner, even as the sea ice they depend on continues to shrink. New research points to conservation history as a key ...

Humans are social by design. Rising isolation from remote life clashes with our biology, weakening health and community in ways solitary species do not face.