Close-up of polar bear floating peacefully in clear water. Image by kongsak_kk via Depositphotos. The Arctic region, often referred to as one of the last true wilderness areas on Earth, is an ...

Wild polar bear on pack ice in Arctic Image by Alexey_Seafarer via Depositphotos In the wild, polar bears typically live between 15 to 18 years, although some individuals can live into their early 30s ...

Polar bears inhabit the Arctic in a limited number of countries ... Keep reading to discover exactly where they live and how many inhabit the area! One of the main populations of polar bears ...

A fat polar bear is a bear more likely to thrive in its extreme Arctic environment. So, when scientists discovered polar bear populations were dropping rapidly, they created a framework to understand ...

Plungers ran into the cold Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, Feb. 1, marking the 29th annual Special Olympics Maryland Polar Bear Plunge. The fundraising event, in which individuals pledge $100 or more ...

Understanding how polar bears stay warm and dry in the Arctic could help scientists develop alternatives to PFAS-laden anti-ice repellants. PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals” because of ...

DUBLIN — In the harsh Arctic environment, where polar bears regularly plunge into freezing waters to hunt seals, a remarkable thing happens: unlike your car windshield on a winter morning, their fur ...

WWF helps raise awareness of and address the threat of noise pollution on narwhals and other whales. Narwhals feed on Greenland halibut, Arctic and polar cod, squid and shrimp. They do their chomping ...

For the first time, researchers have developed a model that precisely demonstrates how shrinking sea ice leads to polar bear population collapse in Western Hudson Bay. A changing climate has ...

WBAL-TV staffers take part in a live dip in the frigid Chesapeake Bay for the 2025 Polar Bear Plunge!