Polar bears are intensely curious animals. That curiosity often brings them into contact with people and can put both species at risk from one another. Between 2011 and 2021, research colleagues and I ...

Curiosity is a big part of what makes animals so cute. They look at everything as though the world is truly their oyster. It’s an openness to all of life’s possibilities at any given moment, really, ...

Findings suggest that sea ice loss probably doesn't lead to more interactions with people just because polar bears are thinner or hungrier.

In a warming world, the polar bear has become the unofficial mascot of ecological collapse. We’ve all seen the photos of these majestic predators reduced to skin and bone, clinging to ever-shrinking ...

The changing climate poses a major threat to polar bear survival. But new research suggests that rising temperatures may be altering polar bear DNA in ways that help them adapt and endure in ...

A female polar bear at the Canadian Polar Bear Habitat in Cochrane has died suddenly. Ten-year-old Taiga passed away yesterday morning. Taiga had been living at the habitat for almost a year but her ...

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The finding offers a small window of hope for a polar bear population vulnerable to the effects of climate change. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walks on pack ice in Svalbard, Norway. The effects ...

“The news headline flashed through my mind. ‘Film crew eaten by polar bear’. Was this really how it was going to end?” ...