Columbus Zoo polar bears Lee and Aurora will be featured on "Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Protecting the Wild" at 10 a.m.

Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay.

“Unwashed, greasy hair made it much harder for ice to stick. In contrast, when the polar bear hair was washed and the grease largely removed it performed similarly to human hair, to which ice sticks ...

Right now, polar bear moms and their newborn cubs are snuggled together in snow dens across the Arctic. Denning is the most vulnerable time in a polar bear’s life. And in a warming Arctic, where polar ...

The bears’ greasy fur is the secret to the popular species’ survival in one of Earth’s most punishing ... In contrast, when the polar bear fur was washed and the grease largely removed it performed ...

Sea ice is crucial to polar bear survival because they use it to hunt their main source of food -- seals. Polar bears also use the ice as a platform to catch the seals, Archer said. Without the ice, ...

So, when scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to understand what is standing in the way of the species’ survival. Using data collected ...

Polar bear mom and cubs particularly vulnerable The researchers ... Archer says that shorter hunting periods result in mothers producing less milk, which jeopardizes cub survival. The cubs face ...

Watch as this mother polar bear teaches her cubs the skills needed to survive in the wild. The cubs can be seen swimming along with the mother, as well as having the occasional wrestle in the water.