For nearly a decade, researchers have gathered camera footage from outside the dens of female polar bears and their cubs on ...

Researchers from Polar Bears International, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, the Norwegian Polar Institute, and the ...

In the frigid Arctic, polar bear mothers and their cubs emerge each spring from snow dens that have sheltered them through ...

Polar bear mothers in the Arctic generally give birth in early January around the start of the new year. The cubs are born completely blind, do not have their signature snow-colored fur, and generally ...

Despite this clear motivation to get back to hunting seals on the sea ice, polar bear families will often hang out at the den ...

Polar bears are born in the winter and spend their first several weeks of life in the den with their mother. Researchers note that less than half of the cubs will survive until adulthood, with the ...

Understanding cubs’ activity when leaving their lairs could aid in supporting the polar bear’s survival.

In a new study, researchers used remote cameras and data from GPS tracking collars to learn more about this vulnerable period ...

Researchers have revealed astonishing new insights into the lives of polar bear cubs by studying them as they emerge from their dens. The scientists’ study includes the first detailed footage of polar ...

Female polar bears give birth in December or early January when the cubs are blind, hairless and weigh just 0.5 kg.

The time lapse footage is the result of almost a decade of work monitoring the vulnerable predators' maternal behavior.