Hooked into ice like an ax, they help a walrus clamber from the sea. They also jab rivals and fend off predators. Punctured polar bears have been found floating dead in the ocean. The mustache is ...

But melting sea ice means these predators have a whole new feeding ground to hunt in. And they hunt walrus. On land, polar bears are also attracted to large haulouts - and the smell of carcasses. They ...

In 2008 we petitioned to protect the walrus under the Endangered Species Act, making it the third Arctic species we had sought to protect, following the polar bear and ribbon seal. When the U.S. Fish ...

"We found that polar bears actually have much higher energy demands than predicted. They need to be catching a lot of seals," Mr Pagano explained. The extent of Arctic sea-ice, as measured at its ...

the family of four polar bears. It was feeding time and, as usual, the bears drew huge crowds as eager spectators gathered around the enclosure to catch a glimpse of the arctic beasts. However ...

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 ...

Polar bears are spread out across vast areas of ice, so it’s common to be tracking a bear for over an hour before we catch up with the track-maker. That’s why helicopters are another essential tool ...

Warming temperatures may be changing the ways ice forms, making it more likely to stick to and injure polar bears in two far north populations. Temperatures in the Arctic region are warming more ...

Polar bears face mounting challenges in a changing, warming world, mostly related to their waning wintery wonderland habitats. But they may be increasingly infected with germs and parasites ...

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 ...

Remaining strands of soft white fur catch the sunlight as she looks ... rifle slung across a shoulder, scouting for polar ...

The polar bear is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding landmasses. A boar (adult male ...