In Churchill, northern Canada, a town known as the polar bear capital of the world, climate change could spell danger - for both bears and people. The region has seen its polar bear population ...
White fur, blubbery skin, sharp claws. Polar bears seem perfectly adapted to their frigid habitat up north. Now, researchers have discovered the bears have another unexpected Arctic adaptation ...
Polar bears need all the help they can get to survive their frosty Arctic environment. One of their biggest survival secrets appears to be greasy hair. The sebum–or hair grease–on their fur ...
Hungry polar bears are turning to rubbish dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears. On Wednesday, a team of Canadian and US scientists warned that trash poses an emerging ...
Unfortunately, climate change has wrought severe changes to habitats like the Arctic. As temperatures warm, and ice melts, polar bears are dying at an increasing rate. Once thriving, polar bears ...