Not exactly. It turns out that less than 2% of polar bear hunts are fruitful. It’s mind-boggling to think about when you consider that polar bears spend roughly half of their lives hunting for food.

Scientists are using new technology to prevent human-polar bear interactions. By Julia Jacobo. November 10, 2022, 7:15 AM. 3:39. A polar bear is seen near Churchill, Canada.

Polar bear fur also lacked a compound called squalene, the researchers found. Squalene is abundant in other marine mammals and has properties that make ice stick to it easily.

A video shared on social media in mid-November 2024 purportedly showed a boat crew rescuing a polar bear cub. The footage starts with the animal dangling off the side of a ship before its human ...

Between 1870 and 2014, 73 polar bear attacks on humans were reported, leading to 20 deaths. "If you're attacked by a polar bear, definitely do not play dead. That is a myth," McCall said.

The Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo announced in a news release on Tuesday, July 23, that one of its 7-year-old male polar bears died by drowning after sustaining a 'crushing injury' to his trachea ...

As Renner notes in the clip, the polar bear mom will help her cubs grow into strong, fearsome predators, "but not today." Before the cubs become brave like mom, they must learn to hunt and survive ...

Bodil initially thought that polar bear fur might have structural properties that prevent ice from forming. She and her colleagues used high-powered microscopes to zoom in on the fur, but "we ...