Polar bears generally live and hunt alone, though they can be quite social too. They mainly eat seals – using their remarkable sense of smell they can detect a seal in the water beneath a metre of ...

Polar bears usually eat quickly as they go, dining on freshly killed seals and walruses. But scientists have discovered that in some cases the carnivores will actually hoard their food ...

The iconic Arctic species normally feed on ringed seals that they catch on ice ... around 3m long and can weigh close to 600kg. Polar bears can eat up to 45kg of blubber in one sitting.

Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present.

The warming climate is causing renewed concern in northern Manitoba, as a marine heat wave that hit the Atlantic Ocean last ...

The introduction of Kova to Cranbeary made Anchorage zookeepers nervous. But so far the partnership has proven delightful.

Hungry polar bears are turning to rubbish dumps to fill their stomachs as their icy habitat disappears. On Wednesday, a team of Canadian and US scientists warned that trash poses an emerging ...

Dependent upon arctic sea ice for hunting seals and highly specialized for life in the Arctic's marine environment, polar bears are predicted to suffer more than a 30 per cent population decline in ...

You may have found yourself randomly wondering aboutUrsus maritimus, Latin for "sea bear," more commonly known as polar bears ...

Most polar bears live within the Arctic Circle, so how do they keep warm in extremely low temperatures? Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are well known for their white fur, which makes them almost ...

Polar bear cubs normally stay with their mothers and learn to hunt seals for two years ... Before her capture, Kova had been spotted eating an Arctic fox, a species known to sometimes carry ...