Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

Today, it still drives me to do all we can to secure a future for these true icons on ice. Working for WWF has given me the amazing opportunity to work alongside leading polar bear scientists and ...

Senior author Bodil Holst, a physicist at the University of Bergen in Norway, was inspired to investigate polar bear fur after ... t get accumulation of ice on the fur under these circumstances?” ...

Today, the island harbours the greatest concentration of polar ... a mother bear and her two young cubs in a nearby cove. Young bears are the most at risk from starvation during the ice-free ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the ... gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears from ...

It shows a mother polar bear walking through the frozen landscape — then a cub pops up out of the den and slips and slides over the ice toward her. As the cub reaches its mom, another two emerge ...

An international study published in Science Advances has explored the anti-icing properties of polar bear fur in extreme Arctic ... by the skin - that drastically reduces ice adhesion. In the face of ...

Polar habitats are often cold, windy and covered in frozen ... bear! Its thick fur helps it to hide and keep warm in the freezing cold. Plus an Arctic fox. It can hear its prey, deep under the ...