Inuit people have taken advantage of the sebum’s properties, even affixing shoe-like patches of polar bear fur to the bottom of stools to prevent them from sticking to the ice. Understanding how ...

CBS Minnesota station WCCO brings you to the polar bear capital of the world, where warming Arctic waters are putting the ...

Neil Ever Osborne On the bay this fall morning, there’s a wind-carved rim of ice and a gathering of floes. One male polar bear, bony after a season without seal blubber, struggles along the ...

Wildlife is abundant in this remote and fragile area, and we were looking for seals and polar bears. NGM Maps When we anchored the boat at the fjord ice, we spotted several seals resting on the ...

A young polar bear on pack ice over deep waters in the Arctic Ocean, October 2009. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

"We were super surprised because we never expected to meet polar bears so far to the south. At this time of the year, they should be on the sea ice already, and on Wrangel Island, normally." ...

Over the past few decades, the polar bear population in Canada’s western Hudson Bay has dropped dramatically. Archer: “There’s about half as many polar bears there in recent years, compared to the ...

Are bears getting enough nutrients? As polar bears rely on ice for hunting, the decrease in ice could indicate that mothers are not getting enough nutrients: “If bears are entering the den in ...

YORK, Pa. — The York Polar Bears take the ice just like any other hockey team, but for those in the stands watching, it’s a moment some thought they may never see. Polar Bears Team Manager and ...