Melting ice linked to polar bear cub mortality as moms swim farther. Posted on julio, 20 2011. Sea ice loss from climate change is causing polar bears to swim longer distances to find stable ice or to ...

According to Griffen’s research, recently published in Polar Biology, it costs polar bears five times as much energy to swim as it does to walk the same distance.That cost became enormous in one case ...

Polar bear’s long swim illustrates ice melt. By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times . Jan. 29, 2011 12 AM PT . ... the bear lost 22% of her body weight and her year-old female cub, ...

A MOTHER polar bear and her cub make an epic journey across melting sea ice in these incredible images. Stunning aerial pictures taken in Nunavut in the north of Canada capture the pair looking for… ...

Sure, this polar bear cub is the picture of adorableness as he snuggles with mom. But even at this young age, ... But with ice melting, that way of life is significantly threatened.

Polar bear's long swim illustrates ice melt Searching for food, ... With little food likely available once she arrived, the bear lost 22% of her body weight and her year-old female cub, who set off on ...

Dear EarthTalk: I read a heart-wrenching story of a polar bear that swam 400 miles with its cub on its back in search of an ice floe to rest on.It survived but its cub did not. What can be done to ...

Polar Bears Really Are Starving Because of Global Warming, Study Shows. New science sheds more light on recent controversy over how much the large carnivores are being impacted by melting sea ice.

Polar bears may be extinct by 2100 if Arctic ice melts at projected rate, according to new study. The study puts a timeline on the crisis for the first time as ice habitats melt.

Nora the polar bear from Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City recently underwent surgery to repair her broken humerus bone Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She ...

Polar bear marshals transport a sedated polar bear in Churchill, Canada. (Image credit: Shutterstock) On average, officers receive around 250 calls from residents and detain around 50 bears every ...