I can’t say that this bear was starving because of climate change, but I do know that polar bears rely on a platform of sea ice from which to hunt. A fast-warming Arctic means that sea ice is ...

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 ...

Climate change is starving polar ... period before the ice refreezes and they can head back out to feed,” Steven Amstrup, who conceived the study and is chief scientist of Polar Bears International.

Polar bears rely on sea ice for their survival ... quietly enter and wait for the bear to leave. Most polar bears avoid humans, but starving bears are often willing to take more risks.

shows a mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) plodding through the Arctic island's frozen landscape and her three cubs emerging ...

Justin’s whole body pained as he watched this starving polar bear at an abandoned hunter's camp, in the Canadian Arctic, slowly heave itself up to standing. With little, and thinning, ice to move ...

An international team of scientists unlocked the anti-icing secret of polar bear fur, a discovery that could revolutionize ...

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 ...

As the ice caps melt and the habitats of polar bears are destroyed, there is less out there for a polar bear to hunt. They are starving, and won’t stop until they get their paws on something to eat ...

The rapid loss of sea ice due to climate change is "driving ... a group camping near Longyearbyen failed, and a polar bear "reported to be starving and emaciated" killed a 17-year-old British ...

Applying each group’s research strengths, the team demonstrated that the oils in polar bear fur contained a unique fatty acid profile that lent the hair its ice-resistant properties. The study, ...