Life in the Arctic is harsh and unforgiving, but the polar bear has perfected survival in one of the most extreme ...

Ursus maritimus is the polar bear’s scientific name, it means sea bear; ... 36 Weird Animal Facts That May Surprise You. Under the Ice: Understanding the Arctic Food Web.

Polar bears, the largest carnivorous land mammals, are increasingly coming into contact with humans due to climate change. Recently, a polar bear was shot in Iceland after drifting from Greenland.

Learn about polar habitats with these interactive learning resources for KS1 Science students aged 5-7 from BBC Bitesize. ... Animals don’t choose their habitat because they are suited to it.

Polar bears live on sea ice but that habitat is slowly disintegrating. Juliet Eilperin of The Washington Post, and Dr. Jeffrey Bonner, President and CEO of the St. Louis Zoo, talk to David Greene ...

As their habitat melts, polar bears are forced to forage elsewhere for food. In Svalbard, Norway, where melting sea ice is retreating from the archipelago's shore, hungry polar bears have gotten ...

Image Credit: WWF. A new study available in the journal Cryosphere has found that all 19 sub-populations of polar bears in the Arctic are facing extreme habitat loss from the continuation of melting ...

Three ladies are making their debut at the newly reopened Brookfield Zoo, and they don’t mind the weather a bit. Hope, a 5-year-old polar bear, and mother/daughter Mexican gray wolves Sibi and 2 ...

DENVER — When the Denver Zoo split up and moved its polar bear couple, grizzly bears living there were ready to gobble up the prime real estate their neighbors left behind. Cranbeary, a 16-year ...