Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...

Patience: A polar bear still-hunting on the sea ice of Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada. (Courtesy: Jenny E Ross) In the teeth of the Arctic winter, polar-bear fur always remains free of ice – but how?

The Canadian town of Churchill has already had more than four times as many polar bear visitors this year compared with the same time last year, and many more could soon be on the way. The sisters ...

The research team found that polar bear fur has remarkably low “ice adhesion strength.” That means ice simply doesn’t stick well to it. The key to this ice-resistant superpower lies in the ...

The great white polar bear is the youngest and largest of the world's bear species — a mighty hunter and fierce defender of its young that's among the world's most vulnerable animals. Two-thirds of ...

The polar bears pass through Churchill, Manitoba, hoping to catch a ride out of the tiny town on Hudson Bay's sea ice. After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen ...

Far away across translucent “fast” ice attached to a deceptively low-slung glacier, a creamy polar bear was leading her 18-month-old cubs under a cliff along a narrow shore looking for food.

While science has established that there is a strong connection between melting sea ice and polar bears dying off, there is no way to know for certain why this bear was on the verge of death.

Scientists involved in the study said that understanding this period can help protect the polar bear population, which is being threatened by depleted sea ice and a changing climate. See It: Dreamy ...

windy and covered in snow and ice. Oooh! I'm off to find a radiator! In the winter, the North and South Poles receive no daylight. A polar bear's skin is actually black. Its thick white fur ...

YOUNG BEAR 1: Ooh, I don't like it here - it's very cold. And the only food I can see are the seals way out there on the ice. YOUNG BEAR ... catch seals more easily. POLAR BEAR 1: Hic!