There was a lot more fjord ice in front of the glacier than there had been on the previous trip, and we wondered whether it would be safe to walk so far from the boat. As I knew well, polar bears ...

An incredible series of videos showing particularly violent interactions between a grizzly bear and a family of moose was captured at Glacier National Park over the holiday weekend. The videos ...

A photo of a polar bear sleeping in a bed of flowers in the Arctic won the 2024 Nature Photography Contest, the competition ...

Newborn polar bears are hairless and weigh just 1 pound (0.5 kilograms). However, they grow quickly thanks to their mother's fatty milk and reach 22 pounds (10 kg) by the time they emerge as cubs.

Scientists discovered that polar bear fur’s oily coating prevents ice from sticking, thanks to a unique mix of lipids. This ...

polar bears can only exert themselves in short spurts to avoid overheating. “Determining the maximum speed of any wild animal is fraught with difficulty,” Glacier National Park wildlife biologist John ...

Researchers monitor the activities of polar bears in the Arctic ... A crevasse is a crack in a glacier. “In the Antarctic nowadays, helicopters can't land on spots where they landed a year ...

According to the press service, the area of neighboring lakes around another glacier, the Polar Urals’ biggest one, named after the Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Geology (IGAN), has grown ...

Polar Preet has rendezvoused with her pilot and has taken off to head to Union Glacier in Antarctica. British Army officer Captain Preet Chandi – known as Polar Preet – is expected to spend ...

Polar bear cubs in the Arctic are beginning to emerge from their dens. Until now, the babies have been relying on nutrients from their mother's milk to go from hairless, blind cubs to bears ready to ...