bj Kirschhoffer from Polar Bears International discusses polar bear behavior and Jessi from Animal Wonders brings on an ...

Polar bears are healthier, with more fat reserves, than they were 25 years ago, despite a decrease in Arctic sea ice around Svalbard islands.

An expert said that the way the mammals are sustaining themselves is likely transient: 'it will be OK for a while, until it isn't.' ...

Remarkably, the number of days with no ice in the region increased by roughly 100 during that period. And yet, as the authors found, the body condition of both male and female polar bears—i.e., how ...

Polar bears are growing increasingly comfortable around people, and that's a problem. One can see the tension between these ...

Regular folks who care about wildlife generally know that climate change is bad for polar bears, but they have only vague ...

Brookfield Zoo, which has cared for generations of polar bears, hopes to offer guidelines for an area where mothers den at ...

Polar bears on an island off Russia's far eastern coast have taken over an abandoned research station and made themselves at home. Drone footage captured by photographer Vadim Makhorov shows the large ...

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V isit the Antarctic and you’ll find penguins. Lots of penguins. Chubby, slow (on land, at least), feathery penguins. And do ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The short film category of this year’s Nature’s Best ...

Shortly after her arrival last fall, Amelia Gray met Hudson, and the pair hit it off immediately. They touched their noses together in greeting and chuffed — a soft, breathy, snorting sound ...